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Re: instance?

From: Chris Dean <ctdean at sokitomi dot com>
To: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
Cc: dominique dot boucher at nuecho dot com, "'T. Dampier'" <dampier at mercedsystems dot com>, "'Kawa List'" <kawa at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:28:46 -0800
Subject: Re: instance?
References: <000c01c3fa17$f7c6f970$6400a8c0@Forman> <27933.1077573367@mercedsystems.com> <403A8816.9040807@bothner.com>

>  >   (date:class)                          ; <java.util.Date> equivalent
> 
> This should perhaps be (date:type) or date:type (a variable).
> <java.util.Date> evaluates to gnu.bytecode.ClassType instance,
> not a java.lang.Class instance.

[second try]

(date:type) was my first instinct as well.  (date:class) has a nice
feature that "class" is a reserved word in Java so it is unlikely to be
a method name.  There might be a method named "type" that we would be
masking.

Regards,
Chris Dean

References:
- RE: instance?
  - From: Dominique Boucher
- Re: instance?
  - From: Chris Dean
- Re: instance?
  - From: Per Bothner

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