Name: tb29552 Date: 06/20/97


1)
    just comiling : javac bug.java
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2)
class bug {

final int caNull = 0 ;
final char endOfLine = '\0' ;


bug( String line ){
  int s = 0 ;
  char c = '\0';
     switch( s ){
       case caNull :
         c = endOfLine ;
       break ;
     }
     

  return ;
  
}

}

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3)sun.tools.java.CompilerError: addReference bug this
        at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.addReference(ClassDefinition.java)
        at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.getReference(ClassDefinition.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.Context.noteReference(Context.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.Context.makeReference(Context.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.ThisExpression.checkValue(ThisExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.Expression.checkAmbigName(Expression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.FieldExpression.checkCommon(FieldExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.FieldExpression.checkValue(FieldExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.IdentifierExpression.checkValue(IdentifierExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.AssignExpression.checkValue(AssignExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.BinaryAssignExpression.check(BinaryAssignExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.ExpressionStatement.check(ExpressionStatement.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.Statement.checkBlockStatement(Statement.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.SwitchStatement.check(SwitchStatement.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.Statement.checkBlockStatement(Statement.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.CompoundStatement.check(CompoundStatement.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.Statement.checkMethod(Statement.java)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceField.check(SourceField.java)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.checkFields(SourceClass.java)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.checkInternal(SourceClass.java)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.check(SourceClass.java)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java)
error: An error has occurred in the compiler; please file a bug report (http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi).
1 error
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4) sorry, no further trace informations
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5)
    I'm using a Sparc 10, but the same thing happens
    on an 1.1.2 implementation on IRIX.
company - DESY Hamburg , email - ###@###.###
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