Isn't this a bug: allowUnderscoresInLiterals?

Rémi Forax forax at univ-mlv.fr
Sun Feb 6 13:52:46 PST 2011


On 01/27/2011 02:30 AM, Peter B. Kessler wrote:
> In src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/Scanner.java, I see
>
>     145        allowUnderscoresInLiterals = source.allowBinaryLiterals();
>
> Shouldn't that be
>
>     145        allowUnderscoresInLiterals = 
> source.allowUnderscoresInLiterals();
>
> ?  The effect is the same, since both methods have the same body 
> (return compareTo(JDK1_7) >= 0), but there are no uses of 
> Source.allowUnderscoresInLiterals() and I wouldn't want it to feel 
> unloved.
>
>             ... peter

yes, this is a bug :)

Rémi




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