keywords and reserve words

[rainbow]

I don't know if the difference between keyword and reserve word.
is goto a keyword or a reserve word?
who can help me?

[Anonymous]

As per My interpritation
keywords & reserved words are those which we can's use
as Identifers even though they pass all rules for being Identifier.
Keywords are part of language with specific meaning.
Reserved words are not part of language i.e they have no meaning
but still can't be used as identifiers
Correct me if i am wrong
Thanx
Mohit

[rainbow]

so goto,const is reserve words but not keywords.
am I right?

[weisheZhao]

Originally posted by rainbow:
so goto,const is reserve words but not keywords.
am I right?

only null, true, false r reserve words not key words.
I think because they are just value.

[Jane Griscti]

Hi ...
const and goto are keywords even though they are not used in Java.
true and false are boolean literals. null is a null literal.
None of them can be used as identifiers.
see JLS �3.9
Hope that helps.
[This message has been edited by Jane Griscti (edited September 13, 2000).]

[navodit]

Hi all;
goto, const are reserved keywords and same
is true false, null
navodit

[rainbow]

hi all:
Quote from JLS:
{b]The keywords const and goto are reserved, even though they are not currently used. While true and false might appear to be keywords, they are technically Boolean literals .Similarly, while null might appear to be a keyword, it is technically the null literal .[/b]
I think Sun shouldn't test the difference between keywords and reserve words.
Rainbow

[rainbow]

sorry,I mistaked the UBB code.let me try it again.
hi all:
Quote from JLS:
The keywords const and goto are reserved, even though they are not currently used. While true and false might appear to be keywords, they are technically Boolean literals .Similarly, while null might appear to be a keyword, it is technically the null literal .
I think Sun shouldn't test the difference between keywords and reserve words.
Rainbow