Javac aborts trying to compile a small source code derived from
Modena test ciner079.

algol% cat X.java
 
class X {
 class innerself{
   char inner2;
   char func() throws Exception {
      char c = 'a';
      if (c== 'a') { throw new Exception(); }
      return c;
   }
   {
     try{ inner2 = func(); }
     catch(Exception e) { inner2 = 'c';}
   }
 }
 public void check() {
   innerself inr = new innerself();
 }
 public static void main(String argv[]) {
   X ox = new X();
   ox.check();
 }
}
algol% /set/sqe/java/anat/sparc-S2/jdk1.1.4/bin/javac -d . X.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.SourceClass.maybeCheck(SourceClass.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

allan.jacobs@Eng 1997-11-20