I know this is a really long URL, but basically this gets you to the discussions section which indicates the conversation IBM engineers had with Sun in trying to resolve things which are unclear in the JLS when they wrote Jikes. Sun responses are summarized for legal reasons, but seem adequate. http://domino.watson.ibm.com/syssftpr/JavaTech/Jikes.nsf/ccb088a1de6aac738525631c0067846b/E3680006E8D3670B852565A800732A22?OpenDocument -- |-------------------------------|Software Engineer |Brian Jones |[EMAIL PROTECTED] |[EMAIL PROTECTED] |http://www.nortel.net |http://www.classpath.org/ |------------------------------
