On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:30:46 GMT, Vicente Romero <[email protected]> wrote:
>> According to spec bugs: JDK-8373719 and JDK-8373721:
>>
>> In JLS 6.5.6.1, references to fields are subject to a handful of
>> restrictions if they refer to instance fields. In 15.8 and 15.11, 'this.x'
>> and 'super.x' are intended to be viewed as instance field references, and
>> subject to the same restrictions.
>>
>> So the following code should fail to compile:
>>
>> class Test {
>> static final boolean check = true;
>> Test(int a) {
>> boolean b = Test.this.check; //compilation error expected here
>> this();
>> }
>> }
>>
>> However, javac is currently accepting it
>
> Vicente Romero has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a
> merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes
> brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional
> commits since the last revision:
>
> - adding test case
> - Merge branch 'lworld' into JDK-8373916
> - 8373916: [lworld] TypeName.this.FieldName should be restricted in early
> construction context
Looks good
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Marked as reviewed by mcimadamore (Committer).
PR Review:
https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1899#pullrequestreview-3746890710
