>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Eric> Unless java.lang.Boolean.value is final, reflection is free to
Eric> modify the field given sufficient permission.
Eric> [ ... ]
Eric> Immutable objects must be immutable! Classpath ought to
Eric> have better security than Sun, so here is the patch for Boolean.
I wonder if compatibility with Sun is important here.
(I doubt it.)
Eric> (in particular, we need to make sure that reflection cannot be
Eric> used to change how reflection will behave
While I agree that this is nicer conceptually, why is it a
requirement? In theory the only cases where it matters will be those
where a SecurityManager is installed anyway.
Tom
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