Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!exi-transit.telstra.net!pit-in1.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:12:02 +1300 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-86-70.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1297059122 16463 118.92.86.70 (7 Feb 2011 06:12:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 06:12:02 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:25955 In message , Joshua Cranmer wrote: > On 02/06/2011 09:48 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message, Joshua Cranmer >> wrote: >> >>> 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? >> >> That seems non-normative. In order to be normative, it needs to spell >> things out in detail. > > It does not say that it is non-normative, so it is normative. > >>> That reads to me as saying "We don't try to define the interface of >>> classes here, go read the Java API documentation." >> >> You’ll notice that Float and Double are not mentioned in that list. > > What part of "Examples include" do you not understand? The part it doesn’t explain.