Re: A minor bug in java.io.File: Submit for Classpath

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Jones <address@hidden> writes:

>> this(dirname == null?name:dirname + separator + name);

Brian> I implemented it this way instead of the way you later
Brian> submitted.  My reasoning here is that if name is null, the vm
Brian> will naturally throw a NullPointerException at this point
Brian> without us having to explicitly check and throw it ourselves.

`+' is well-defined if either argument is null.  JLS 2nd ed., section
15.18.1.

You have to explicitly check at some point.

Tom