Doug Lea wrote:
> class C {
>   volatile Object v;
>   final Object f;
>   C(Object a, Object b) {
>      v = a;
>      f = b;
>   }
> }
>
> Assuming a is nonnull, you might think there isn't any way that any
> thread could see c.v == null for any instance c. But the model allows
> it.
Is this just the "normal" case where an inlined constructor could allow
publishing of the object reference prior to the completion of the
constructor?
David Holmes
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