The usage T[] suggests that T is a reference type, as with generics, which is not the case here.
More precisely, both the runtime types and compiletime types of the object returned from clone of any array is identical to its input. Is there a non-confusing way of saying that? Martin On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 17:33, Joe Darcy <joe.da...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hello. > > Please review my spec clarification fix for > > 4881419 "The type of X[].clone() should be X[]" > > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/4881419/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Edarcy/4881419/> > > The statement about the return type of the clone method for an array is > given in JLSv3 section 6.4.5: > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/names.html#6.4.5 > > Thanks, > > -Joe >
