Interesting, I never noticed that. Members and Constructors of Parameterized Types, 4.10.2. Paper jam tastes about as you would expect. Day by day, what you do is who you become. Gilad Bracha. Notable examples are generics (JSR14), assertions (41), annotations (175, 308), and enums, autoboxing, foreach, varargs and static import (201). Determining an Expert Group's reasoning years after the event can be hard. Initializers for Instance Variables, 8.3.2.3. Description: Due to a problem in both the Java compiler and in the JLS, inference of unconstrained type-variables (see the JLS, Java SE 7 Edition, section 15.12.2.8) failed to handle cases in which recursive type-variable bounds were exploited. The JLS Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The original problem is to explain new Thread().start(). This is not a book to learn Java, but to resolve fine points. Inferring Unresolved Type Arguments. Class Instances, 12.6.2. already, but not for things I find puzzling. I find too many ways of interpreting its language. the langtools repository. Java SE was formerly known as Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE).. Type-Import-on-Demand Declarations, 7.5.4. Introduction 1.1. Interface Body and Member Declarations, 9.3.1. Class Body and Member Declarations, 8.3.2.1. Language JSRS are part of into the core platform and get incorporated into the JLS. The JLS and JSRs | JavaWorld In recent years, many Java language features have been developed under JSRs. It is primarily aimed at compiler writers and lawyers. Compile-Time Step 2: Determine Method Signature, 15.12.2.1. James Gosling. A cast expression converts, at run time, a value of one numeric type to a similar value of another numeric type; or confirms, at compile time, that the type of an expression is boolean; or checks, at run time, that a reference value refers to an object whose class is compatible with a specified reference type. Local Variable Declaration Statements, 14.4.1. Phase 3: Identify Applicable Variable Arity Methods, 15.12.2.5. discussions. - Heraclitus. Run-Time Evaluation of Array Creation Expressions, 15.11.2. This problem has been corrected in both the JDK 7 compiler and in the JLS, Java SE 7 Edition. Compile-Time Method Signature, Abrupt Completion of Array Reference Evaluation, Compound Assignment To An Array Component, Value Of Left-Hand Side Of Compound Assignment Is Saved Before Evaluation Of Right-Hand Side, Definite Assignment Considers Structure of Statements and Expressions, Definite Assignment Does Not Consider Values of Expressions, Incorrectly Synchronized Programs May Exhibit Surprising Behavior, Happens-before Consistency Is Not Sufficient.