Name: laC46010 Date: 08/21/97



Several bug reports against compiler were closed with explanation
that language specification would be changed accordingly.
We need to have official version of such changes in order
to be able modify JCK tests accordingly.

See list of tests and correspondings bug numbers below.

lang/DASG/dasg022/dasg02201/dasg02201.html 1266776 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg025/dasg02501/dasg02501.html 1266776 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg026/dasg02601/dasg02601.html 1266776 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg029/dasg02901/dasg02901.html 1266777 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg030/dasg03001/dasg03001.html 1266777 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg033/dasg03301/dasg03301.html 1266777 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg033/dasg03303/dasg03303.html 1266777 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg034/dasg03401/dasg03401.html 1266782 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg035/dasg03501/dasg03501.html 1266781 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg045/dasg04501/dasg04501.html 1266784 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg046/dasg04601/dasg04601.html 1266787 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg047/dasg04701/dasg04701.html 1266788 [closed] spec change
lang/DASG/dasg050/dasg05001/dasg05001.html 1266789 [closed] spec change

See more detailed info in closed bug reports:

>> Bug Id: 1266777
>> Evaluation:
>> No longer a bug. GLS/WNJ/JAG have agreed to rewrite this
>> section of the specification.
>>
>> What they specified is impossible to compile in a verifiable manner.
>>
>> Bug Id: 1266776
>> Evaluation:
>> Guy Steele has agreed to make a change to chapter 16 of the
>> Java Language Specification. The information there is impossible
>> to implement in a verifiable manner in a reasonable amount of code.
>>
>> The rules for the operators ^&| == != ?: etc have been changed to make them
>> be binary operators. Similar rules apply to =, =&, =|, =^, etc.
>>
>>
>> Bug Id: 1266781 Evaluation: See more info under bug 1266776
>> Bug Id: 1266782 Evaluation: See more info under bug 1266776
>> Bug Id: 1266784 Evaluation: See more info under bug 1266776
>> Bug Id: 1266787 Evaluation: See more info under bug 1266776
>> Bug Id: 1266788 Evaluation: See more info under bug 1266776
>> Bug Id: 1266789 Evaluation: See more info under bug 1266776

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