[concurrency-interest] concurrency puzzle

[Jeremy Manson]

yangjs wrote:
>  >
>> Some confusion seems to have arisen.
>>
>>>    public void foo(){
>>>       x = 20;
>>>       synchronized(this){
>>>          System.out.println( x );
>>>       }
>>>    }
>>> }
> .According to JLS ,
>     "Each action in a thread happens-before every action in that thread that 
> comes later in the program order".
> 
>   so the println out only have one result :20
> 
> 

This is not correct.  In the examples, as I gave them, there is a write 
in the constructor of 10 to the field x.  That write is in a data race 
with this read of x.  Therefore, the read can see 10, as well.

					Jeremy