[e-lang] Mystery in pass-by-construction.updoc

[Kevin Reid]

Kevin Reid <kpreid at mac.com> wrote:
> On Jan 13, 2007, at 22:42, Mark S. Miller wrote:
> > In your recently submitted pass-by-construction.updoc, why should:
> >      def _ {} :<type:java.lang.Runnable>
> > be PBC?
> 
> Whoops. I didn't even notice; I populated that list from everything  
> which 'implements JOSSPassByConstruction'.
> 
> It should not be, and this is a bug. Deflector.java says:
> 
> > Deflector itself implements JOSSPassByConstruction, Selfless, and  
> > Persistent just in case the deflected object does. The Deflection  
> > of the object implements whichever of these the deflected object does.
> 
> but this behavior is evidently not occurring.

I was wrong about this and I have committed a fix.

That the updoc script did not catch it demonstrates the error-prone
nature of updoc.e's behavior of ignoring output if the script doesn't
mention what it should be.

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Kevin Reid                            <http://homepage.mac.com/kpreid/>