Am 03.09.2010 02:50, schrieb Joe Darcy:
Martin Buchholz wrote:
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?
How about
"...and that the return type of the {...@code clone} method of an array type {...@code T[]} is {...@code
T[]} where T is either a reference or a primitive type."?
How about
"...and that the return type of the {...@code clone} method of an array type {...@code X[]} is {...@code X[]}
where X is either a *raw* reference or a primitive type."?
-Ulf
-Joe
Martin
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 17:33, Joe Darcy <joe.da...@oracle.com
<mailto: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
