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<pre><span lang="EN-GB">On Thu Aug 11 21:54:47 UTC 2022, John Rose wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">> > - The type P.ref is a reference type, it consists of references to <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">> > instances of P<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">> Tedious pedant is tediously pedantic: or `null`.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">Err, to be pedantic, that would be different from the current java spec<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">where it's not the reference types being nullable, but the variables of<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">a reference type being able to store the null reference instead.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">Greetings<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">Robbe Pincket<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
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