+2000-12-24 Jeff Sturm <jeff.sturm@commerceone.com>
+
+ * java/io/FileDescriptor.java: Initialize fd to -1.
+ Remove default constructor.
+
2000-12-23 Joseph S. Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
* java/lang/mprec.h: Change C9X reference to refer to C99.
fd = open (path, mode);
}
- public FileDescriptor ()
- {
- fd = -1;
- }
-
native int open (String path, int mode) throws FileNotFoundException;
native void write (int b) throws IOException;
native void write (byte[] b, int offset, int len)
fd = desc;
}
- // System's notion of file descriptor.
- private int fd;
+ // System's notion of file descriptor. It might seem redundant to
+ // initialize this given that it is reassigned in the constructors.
+ // However, this is necessary because if open() throws an exception
+ // we want to make sure this has the value -1. This is the most
+ // efficient way to accomplish that.
+ private int fd = -1;
}