Okay I'll bite.
Bill Pugh wrote:
> Assume someone invokes new A(1,2). Which of the might occur?
>
> a) prints x = 1, y = 2
Geez I hope this one might! :)
> b) prints x = 0, y = 0
> c) prints x = 0, y = 2
> d) prints x = 1, y = 0
Hmmm. *If* the three statements can be arbitrarily reordered, and if the new
thread could preempt the current one immediately, then yes to all of the
above.
> e) the thread started in the constructor throws a NullPointerException
No. Presumably this is referring to the synthetic reference to the A
instance? The Thread constructor must execute to completion before start()
is called and the synchronization inherent in start() guarantees that the
new thread sees what it parent did. So no NPE is possible.
You know, all this makes me *very* uncomfortable. It *should* be safe to
publish "this" as the last action in a constructor.
David
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