Re: synchronize vs gate
On 04.06.2007 17:03, Lew wrote:
Tom Hawtin wrote:
As I say, as I understand it, the actual implementation of 1.4
complies with the 1.5 spec. Most of the tricky work of JSR 133 seems
to have been coming up with a formalisation.
Lew wrote:
I presume you are referring specifically to Sun's implementation of
1.4. Do you know if it was only Sun, or all 1.4 implementations, or
some other set that implemented the "new" semantics?
Robert Klemme wrote:
I believe most of the discussion was about the memory /model/ being
flawed, not the /implementations/. So while implementations most of
the time did what was reasonable the JLS did not enforce this behavior
which in turn could lead to issues.
Which is why I'm curious which 1.4 JVM's implemented the "broken"
behavior, and which implemented the behavior later formalized in JSR133.
I /believe/ Sun's JDK's were ok but I cannot give you references to
material confirming this. I'm sorry.
In any event, I wouldn't recommend to the OP that they rely on behavior
of the 1.4 JVM that is not enforced by the JLS for that version. Not
only that, but Sun's 1.4 implementation is now officially in
"End-of-Life", and the OP has stated that they are on the verge of
moving to the next old Java version, so the point is moot for them.
Yeah, definitively agree!
Kind regards
robert
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