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Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors

From	Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid>
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Subject	Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors
Date	2011-02-06 20:49 -0500
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On 02/06/2011 08:32 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> If that’s the case, there should be a reference to where it’s
> properly defined.

Did you read the introductory matter?

> As noted above, this specification often refers to classes of the
> Java and Java 2 platforms. In particular, some classes have a special
> relationship with the Java programming language. Examples include
> classes such as Object, Class, ClassLoader, String, Thread, and the
> classes and interfaces in package java.lang.reflect, among others.
> The language definition constrains the behavior of these classes and
> interfaces, but this document does not provide a complete
> specification for them. The reader is referred to other parts of the
> Java platform specification for such detailed API specifications.

That reads to me as saying "We don't try to define the interface of 
classes here, go read the Java API documentation."

-- 
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth

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Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-02-06 20:49 -0500

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