Compiler should detect race conditions on final fields

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    • Type: Enhancement
    • Resolution: Rejected
    • Priority: P4
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    • Affects Version/s: 7
    • Component/s: tools
    • x86
    • windows_xp

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
      Inner classes, instantiated in constructors, potentially provide access to final fields before their initialisation.

      JUSTIFICATION :
      Developer should be warned, if a final field potentially becomes accessed, before it is initialized.
      See: http://www.javaspecialists.eu/archive/Issue192.html


      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      javac should output a warning, if reference to an object becomes accessible before it's final fields are initialized.

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            Webbug Group
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