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From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: Style Police (a rant)
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Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jan Burse wrote:
>> private methods can be overshadowed. You can try the
>> following code by yourself:
>>      class A {
>>         private void init() { };
>>      }
>>      class B extends A {
>>         public void init() { };
>>      }
> The constructor of 'A' still can't call the 'init()' of 'B',
> which is the key point here.

> In fact, nothing in class 'A' can call the 'init()' of 'B'
> via 'this';

Umm...   within a C'tor or method of A:
  if (this instanceof B) { ((B)this).init(); } ?

Just nitpicking - probably wrong once again, but curious about
the "how": is my interpretation of "via" too general?  Is there
a specific meaning of the idiom "calling via" in the JLS?

Btw., that doesn't question the original and main point, anyway.