Javac internal error compiling lambdas

[Peter Levart]

On 04/04/2013 01:30 AM, Remi Forax wrote:
> On 04/04/2013 12:45 AM, Jose wrote:
>> Remi,
>>    
>>> Again hijacking the thread,
>>    
>> This is the first time I write something in another’s thread, you can easily check it if you want.
>> And I did so because I’m worry with this issue.
>> My own question (the first thread of this month) got not a replay,
>> just your post asking me for the error message.
> I hijack the thread :) not you, sorry for the confusion.
>
>>    
>>> there is no need to store a lambda in a static final field
>>    
>> Yes, there is, at least in my case. Sometimes I use lambdas to define custom properties that
>> would initialize static fields by reading their values from a file.
>> I do this static initialization at the very beginning, before the constructors
>> of these classes are called. And I need the lambdas for this.
> Reading a file during a static init is not something you should do.
> Don't forget that the static init block is executed while holding a lock,
> and doing IOs in a synchronized block (or something like a synchronized
> block)
> is always a bad idea.

And if there is a transient IO failure, you can't even retry it later...

Regards, Peter

>
>> Anyway, I’m ready to admit that this approach is heterodox and need to
>> be improved.
>>
>> But a poor design don’t justifies a javac failure.
>>
> yes, as I said, I was hijacking your thread.
>
>> Regards
>>
> cheers,
> Rémi
>
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