> According to spec bugs: JDK-8373719 and JDK-8373721:
>
> In JLS 6.5.6.1, references to fields are subject to a handful of restrictions
> if they refer to instance fields. In 15.8 and 15.11, 'this.x' and 'super.x'
> are intended to be viewed as instance field references, and subject to the
> same restrictions.
>
> So the following code should fail to compile:
>
> class Test {
> static final boolean check = true;
> Test(int a) {
> boolean b = Test.this.check; //compilation error expected here
> this();
> }
> }
>
> However, javac is currently accepting it
Vicente Romero has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a
merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes
brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional
commits since the last revision:
- adding test case
- Merge branch 'lworld' into JDK-8373916
- 8373916: [lworld] TypeName.this.FieldName should be restricted in early
construction context
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Changes:
- all: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1899/files
- new: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1899/files/8fd1e82f..b1aeb46b
Webrevs:
- full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=valhalla&pr=1899&range=01
- incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=valhalla&pr=1899&range=00-01
Stats: 65915 lines in 3133 files changed: 31360 ins; 13537 del; 21018 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1899.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla.git pull/1899/head:pull/1899
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1899
