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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-4053506

JLS violation: (a() || true) cannot be optimized if a() raises Exception

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    • 1.2alpha2
    • generic, x86, sparc
    • generic, solaris_2.5, solaris_2.5.1, windows_nt
    • Not verified

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      Optimizing an expression of the form:

      (a() || true)

      to true is wrong if a() can raise an exception. Related JLS sections: 15.23
      (definition of ||), 14.8 (definition of if stmt), 15.5 (definition of
      abrupt completion of evaluation -- see also example on top of page 307).

      The following program should not produce any output, but does:

      public class Test {
      public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
      if (foo() || true) {
      System.out.println("You shouldn't see this line");
      }
      }
       
      public static boolean foo() throws Exception {
      throw new Exception();
      }
      }

      "javap -c Test" clearly shows that javac just short-circuited the call to
      foo() in main() and called println directly. See ---> lines.

      $ javap -c Test
              Compiled from Test.java
              public synchronized class Test extends java.lang.Object
                  /* ACC_SUPER bit set */
              {
                  public static void main(java.lang.String[]);
                  public static boolean foo();
                  public Test();
              }
       
              Method void main(java.lang.String[])
      ---> 0 getstatic #9 <Field java.io.PrintStream out>
      ---> 3 ldc #1 <String "You shouldn't see this line">
      ---> 5 invokevirtual #10 <Method void println(java.lang.String)>
                 8 return
       
              Method boolean foo()
                 0 new #4 <Class java.lang.Exception>
                 3 dup
                 4 invokespecial #7 <Method java.lang.Exception()>
                 7 athrow
       
              Method Test()
                 0 aload_0
                 1 invokespecial #8 <Method java.lang.Object()>
                 4 return

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