Re: java/1259: string constants not handled properly

Re: java/1259: string constants not handled properly

[tromey]

Synopsis: string constants not handled properly

State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed
State-Changed-By: tromey
State-Changed-When: Sat May  3 02:44:46 2003
State-Changed-Why:
    Still a bug

http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=1259

java/1259: string constants not handled properly

[Tom Tromey]

>Number:         1259
>Category:       java
>Synopsis:       string constants not handled properly
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apbianco
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 20 12:18:23 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  
>Originator:     Tom Tromey
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
According to section 12.4.1 of the JVM, a class or
interface shouldn't be initialized if a field is
passively referenced; this includes references to
"static final" (or equiv.) fields whose value is a
compile-time constant expression.  The latter is
defined (section 15.27) to include Strings.

We don't seem to handle this at all.

I checked in the "stringconst.java" test which demonstrates
the bug.  However, that is just one instance; I suspect
there are others.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

Formerly PR gcj/241

>Unformatted: