Is the Output shown in JLS 1.0 wrong ?

Question

This is the code example given in the section [Assignment Conversion|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/first_edition/html/5.doc.html#170768]
of Java Language Specification 1.0
class Test {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          short s = 12;                                   // narrow 12 to short
          float f = s;                                   // widen short to float
          System.out.println("f=" + f);
          char c = '\u0123';
          long l = c;                                   // widen char to long
          System.out.println("l=0x" + Long.toString(l,16));
          f = 1.23f;
          double d = f;                                   // widen float to double
          System.out.println("d=" + d);
}On the web the Output shown is :
f=12.0     
i=0x123
d=1.2300000190734863which is wrong since , i =0x123,"i" is never printed but the O/P should be :
f=12.0
l=0x123
d=1.2300000190734863If this is a error ,has it been notified earlier ,if not what can be done ?
Thank you for your consideration.
Edited by: amtidumpti on May 6, 2009 6:36 PM

Answer 1

amtidumpti wrote:
jverd wrote:
amtidumpti wrote:
I was comparing all the versions specifications when i found this error.This has been displayed correctly in Version 2.0 and 3.0 respectively.Then if it's correct in 2.0 (which is obsolete) and 3.0 (which is current), who cares if it's wrong in 1.0 (which is WAY obsolete)?Ya,doesn't seem anyone cares,otherwise would have been fixed in Version 1.0 also.Not necessarily. It might not have been noticed. Or people may have cared, but not enough to delay the publishing. All software has bugs, including bugs that the creators know about and have chosen not to fix, and bugs that the creators are unaware of at the time of release. I suspect the same is true of publications.