[1611] in java-interest
question about static variables
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John D. Mitchell)
Sun Sep 10 08:27:50 1995
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 01:12:39 -0700
From: "John D. Mitchell" <johnm@emf2-003.emf.net>
To: jsw@cs.brown.edu
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199509100210.WAA19472@lippitt.cs.brown.edu>
Jeff White writes:
> Are public static variables inherited in subclasses? I would think
> that since they're static and refer to the class itself - not
> instances, that they would not be inherited. When I try to override a
> pubic static final static variable I get no error in compiling my java
> source.
Didn't we just talk about this...
Well anyways, just 'static' is quite different from 'static final'. Get
rid of the 'final' and you should be able to override the value.
[...]
> So, either way, it seems that either javac should complain, or javah
> shouldn't do the parental #defines.
Me thinks javac should complain about the attempt to override a 'final'
variable.
Take care,
John
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