On 5/23/2017 1:04 PM, Stephan Herrmann wrote:
The 2017-05-18 update of JLS 6.5.3.2 introduces the concept of
unique visibility, but still has this unchanged sentence:
"The package name Q.Id names a package that is the member named Id
within the package named by Q."
If "the" in "the member named Id" is to be taken literally, then
the specification still doesn't work, as I may elaborate if needed.
But I assume, dropping "the" in favor of "a" or a similar change
easily fixes this to reflect the intention, right?
The full text is:
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If a package name is of the form Q.Id, then Q must also be a package
name. The package name Q.Id names a package that is the member named Id
within the package named by Q.
[DELETED]If Q does not name an observable package (§7.4.3), or Id is not
the simple name of an observable subpackage of that package, then a
compile-time error occurs.[/DELETED]
[ADDED]If Q.Id does not name a package that is uniquely visible to the
current module (§7.4.3), then a compile-time error occurs.[/ADDED]
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The editorial style of this section has historically been rather odd,
because the first paragraph makes assertions that are true only if the
second paragraph's compile-time error doesn't occur. I have continued
with that style in JLS9: the first paragraph can say "_the_ member named
Id" because the second paragraph assures a unique Q.Id.
Alex
