Re: address@hidden: JLS 3rd Edition]

[Andrew John Hughes]

On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 08:41 +0200, Michael Koch wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> 
> just in case someone is interested.
> 
> 
> Michael
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Ranjit Mathew <address@hidden> -----
> 
> From: Ranjit Mathew <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Date:  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:59:54 +0530
> Subject:  JLS 3rd Edition
> 
> Hi,
> 
>   FYI, the 3rd Edition of the Java Language Specification
> is now available as a PDF in:
> 
>   http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/
> 
> They say that the dead-tree version would be released
> sometime in June 2005.
> 
> The VMSpec has not yet been updated to a third edition
> but important updates can be found in:
> 
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/jvms-maintenance.html
> 
> Ranjit.
> 
> -- 
> Ranjit Mathew      Email: rmathew AT gmail DOT com
> 
> Bangalore, INDIA.    Web: http://ranjitmathew.hostingzero.com/
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 

These have been available a while (I used them for the new grammar for
gjdoc, and the extended class file parsing for jamvm).  The latter
reference does give a link to an updated version of the class file
format, which includes all the annotations, type variables, etc. (as
flags and optional sections, so as to give backwards compatibility)
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