> I get an OutOfMemoryError. This is because new threads are added > to their ThreadGroups in the Thread() constructor rather than when > the thread is actually started. Therefore, even if they are never > started they remain referenced an unable to be garbage collected.
Sun "fixed" this in Java 5.0. However, while the obvious fix is to clarify what "active" thread means for ThreadGroup, they didn't update the spec but simply decided they could interpret it how they wanted. So I can't tell you exactly what they did because it is implementation detail. I will note that you also have to consider what it means for a ThreadGroup to be "empty" for daemon-ness and destroy purposes. David Holmes _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
