Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news.ripco.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Eric Sosman" Subject: Re: automatically initialized to null? Message-ID: <50240988.56517.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: bob smith Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5023FE41.56509.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5023FE41.56509.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 c51c1e1f X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 557a90fe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 33 Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:46:59 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344541619 69.21.70.65 (Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:46:59 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:46:59 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17565 To: bob smith From: Eric Sosman 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. -- Eric Sosman esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24