Am 07.09.2010 09:59, schrieb Jeroen Frijters:
David Holmes wrote:
The fact that Object.clone() is implemented via a native call into the
VM is simply an implementation detail.
That's not what we're talking about. We're talking about the fact that arrays
(appear to) have a *public* clone method. The argument is about the return
type[1] of this method: according to the JLS it is X[], but according to the
VMSpec it is Object. This difference is fine, but I'm arguing that the JLS
fiction should be in the JLS, not in the Object.clone() documentation.
Regards,
Jeroen
[1] Not the runtime class of the object returned.
As Martin said:
"Objects have class; Variables have type"
