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| From | "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-tos-this> |
| Subject | Re: automatically initialized to null? |
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To: bob smith
From: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
On 8/9/2012 12:12 PM, bob smith wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 3:20:08 PM UTC-5, markspace wrote:
>> On 8/8/2012 12:23 PM, bob smith wrote:
>>
>>> If I have
>>> Bitmap[] bmps = new Bitmap[256];
>>> Are all 256 positions automatically initialized to null?
>>
>> Yes. I'm sure that's in the JLS someplace. And just about every noob
>> tutorial and "Learn Java" book. But yes, all uninitialized static or
>> instance fields and all arrays are set to null. Note this excludes
>> local variables.
>
> Why does Eclipse seem to frequently tell me to explicitly initialize a
reference to null?
>
> Is it kind of being paranoid?
Did you see the part about "excludes local variables?" Maybe
that's what Eclipse is complaining about, and not about class or instance
fields, or array elements.
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Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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automatically initialized to null? "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
Re: automatically initialized to null? "markspace" <markspace@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
Re: automatically initialized to null? "Mike Winter" <mike.winter@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
Re: automatically initialized to null? "Lew" <lew@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
Re: automatically initialized to null? "Jim Gibson" <jim.gibson@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
Re: automatically initialized to null? "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
Re: automatically initialized to null? "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-tos-this> - 2012-08-09 19:46 +0000
Re: automatically initialized to null? "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-t9h-this> - 2012-08-10 18:39 +0000
Re: automatically initialized to null? "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@1:261/38.remove-k2r-this> - 2012-08-09 18:44 +0000
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