Re: [Java Spec Report] Static contexts and local classes?

Hi,

As this is not the first mail dealing with static context trouble,
I thought I'd throw in my EUR 0,02...

The trouble with the 'static' modifier in many of these examples
is that in the declaration of inner classes its meaning is quite 
different than usual. (This is similar to the 'overloading' of the
'final' modifier for classes/methods on the one hand and for fields
on the other.) If an inner class is not static, that simply means
that instances of it have an implicit reference to an instance
of the surrounding class. If it's static, that's not the case.
Otherwise - mainly, as far as inheritance and access rules are
concerned - the two behave the same. (Or do they? I'm not
entirely sure. They should, anyway.) So, no matter if an inner
class is static or not, its *declaration* is always associated
not with an *instance* of its outer class, but with the outer
class itself. I'd say the declaration could be considered as being
(in) a static context, no matter what the modifier says.

I feel that being aware of this makes things a little clearer for 
me. Don't know if I managed to get across what I mean...

Bye,
Christopher.


[email protected] schrieb am 15.04.04 16:37:15:
> 
> Yes, it is well-formed.  This is compiler bug 4994261.
> 
> Roly Perera wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is the following well-formed?
> > 
> > class Test2<A, B>
> > {
> > }
> >  
> > public class Test
> > {
> >     public static class Y<T, U>
> >     {
> >         void f ()
> >         {
> >             class X extends Test2<T, U> // static context?
> >             {
> >             }
> >         }
> >     }
> > }
> 
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