Reachability of an object when a thread is running one of its methods

[Andrew Haley]

On 12/04/2012 12:12 PM, Carlo de Wolf wrote:
> JLS 7 12.6.1:
> Note that this sort of optimization is only allowed if references are on 
> the stack, not stored in
> the heap.
> 
> This hints to me that an object which is on the stack (of the previous 
> frame) is actually strong referenced.

What is your reason for believing that references in previous frames
are any stronger than references in the current frame?  I can't see
anything that implies it.

Andrew.