Following source has a try{} inside an instance block...

-kto


cruella<58> cat A.java

public class A
{
  {
    try
    {
      System.out.println ("Block of A");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
      System.out.println ("Something");
    }
  }

  public A ()
  {
    System.out.println ("Constructor of A");
  }

  public static void main (String[] args)
  {
    System.out.println ("Start...");
    A a = new A ();
    System.out.println ("...End");
  }

}
cruella<59> javac A.java
sun.tools.java.CompilerError: copyInline
        at sun.tools.tree.TryStatement.copyInline(TryStatement.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.CompoundStatement.copyInline(CompoundStatement.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.InlineMethodExpression.copyInline(InlineMethodExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.MethodExpression.makeVarInits(MethodExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.MethodExpression.checkValue(MethodExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.MethodExpression.check(MethodExpression.java)
        at sun.tools.tree.ExpressionStatement.check(ExpressionStatement.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