On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:27:39 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <dfu...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/loader/URLClassPath.java line 470: >> >>> 468: continue; >>> 469: } >>> 470: if (loaderClassPathURLs != null) { >> >> I'm missing something here. Why does the compiler not complain that >> `loaderClassPathURLs` might not be initialized, when it's accessed here? > > Because we would not reach here - since it's either assigned at line 447 or > we continue at line 457, 468, or exit throwing an uncaught exception? Is the if statement at line 470 redundant then? Presumably the code can reach here. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20691#discussion_r1731430476