javac erroneously compiles // style comment containing '\u000A'

vvvvv martin.fujitani@Eng 1997-11-14 vvvvv

TO REPRODUCE
============
javac -debug -verbose mystring.java

mystring.java contains the following comments:

// /* '\u000A', */
// '\u000A',
/* '\u000A', */
// the // comment doesn't work for the line above.
// the javac tries to compile it.



SYMPTOMS
=========
[parsed mystring.java in 2314 ms]
[loaded c:\martinf\jdk1.1.3\bin\..\lib\classes.zip(java/lang/Object.class) in 12
0 ms]
mystring.java:11: Invalid character constant.
// /* '\u000A', */
               ^
mystring.java:11: Class or interface declaration expected.
// /* '\u000A', */
               ^
mystring.java:12: Invalid character constant.
// '\u000A',
           ^


^^^^^ martin.fujitani@Eng 1997-11-14 ^^^^^