hrm... that is very annoying... thanks.
--jason
On 15-Jan-99 Chris Abbey wrote:
> DOH! The signature was supposed to be:
> static void classFinalize() throws Throwable
> the one I gave was (obviously) instance finalization... see JLS §12.7.
>
> But it's a academic now, Javasoft has removed it from the JLS -- see
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/class-finalization-rationale.html
> for details. -=Chris
>
> At 11:56 PM 1/13/99 -0800, Jason Dillon wrote:
>>a static finalize method causes the compiler (jikes in this case) to return:
>>
>> 93. public static void finalize ()
>> <--------->
>>*** Error: The static method "void finalize();" cannot hide the instance
> method
>>
>>--jason
>>
>
>
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