Code review request for 4881419 The type of X[].clone() should be X[]

[Joe Darcy]

Martin Buchholz wrote:
> The usage T[] suggests that T is a reference type, as with generics, 
> which is not the case here.
>
> More precisely, both the runtime types and compiletime types of the 
> object returned from clone of any array is identical to its input.
> Is there a non-confusing way of saying that?

How about

"...and that the return type of the {@code clone} method of an array 
type {@code T[]} is {@code T[]} where T is either a reference or a 
primitive type."?

-Joe

>
> Martin
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 17:33, Joe Darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com 
> <mailto:joe.darcy at oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello.
>
>     Please review my spec clarification fix for
>
>       4881419 "The type of X[].clone() should be X[]"
>       http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/4881419/
>     <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Edarcy/4881419/>
>
>     The statement about the return type of the clone method for an
>     array is given in JLSv3 section 6.4.5:
>     http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/names.html#6.4.5
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     -Joe
>
>