Ah, thanks for clarifying, I missed those exceptions.
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 5:53 PM Alex Buckley <alex.buck...@oracle.com> wrote: > On 10/19/2018 4:09 PM, Luke Hutchison wrote: > > In JLS section 4.1 ("The ClassFile structure") for SE 11, it states: > > You mean JVMS, not JLS. See the text under Table 4.1-B: "The ACC_MODULE > flag indicates that this class file defines a module, not a class or > interface. If the ACC_MODULE flag is set, then special rules apply to > the class file which are given at the end of this section. If the > ACC_MODULE flag is not set, then the rules immediately below the current > paragraph apply to the class file." > > The rules at the end of the section mandate that super_class is zero for > an ACC_MODULE class file. > > Alex >