Re: [Java Spec Report] static import question

You are correct - it should be an error.  I'll take a note of the javac bug and 
aim to fix it for tiger-beta2.

-Neal


Timothy Hanson wrote:
> In the example below, Test imports method m1 via a single static import, and there is also an m1 in T2 that is imported via a static import on-demand. Is the invocation of m1() with no arguments ok?
> 
> In the spec section 7.5.3 para 3, it says: "A single-static import declaration d in a compilation unit c of package p that imports a member named n shadows the declaration of any static member named n imported by a static import-on-decmand declaration in c, throughout c."
> 
> To me this implies that T2.m1 shadows T1.m1, even though T2.m1() is not applicable.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim
> 
> 
> --- File Test.java ----
> 
> package p1;
> import static p1.T1.*;
> import static p1.T2.m1;
> 
> public class Test {
>    void foo() {
>       m1(); // <-- is this an error?
>    }
> }
> 
> --- File T1.java ---
> 
> package p1;
> 
> public class T1 {
>    public static void m1();
> }
> 
> --- File T2.java ---
> 
> package p1;
> public class T2 {
>    public static void m1(int i) {}
> }
> 
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