When the 'locals' command is issued on a running thread, the error message is misleading (in a way which can be frustrating).


Type the following:

jdb Test
run
locals


The output is

  No local variables: try compiling with -g

But this is misleading - it SHOULD say

  Thread isn't suspended.


--- Here is the test case code:

public class Test
{
  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    int j = 0;
    while (true) {
      j++;
    }
  }
}