Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:44:53 -0700:
>Binary compatibility rules allow a class >implementor to add a finalize method at any time in the future. For >this reason, all finalizers should call super.finalize(). In fact, if >we add an empty finalize method, then that is a potential (if >unlikely) bug -- if we ever add a finalizer in a superclass, oops. So, should a Java-to-Bytecode compiler emit a warning if a finalize() implementation does not call super.finalize()? This might be a suggestion for gcj, jikes, javac etc. Also, we might want to add a note to the Classpath hacker's guide. -- Sascha _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
