allan.jacobs@Eng 1997-10-13

The class Ambig extends S and implements I. Both S and I define a field i, but
this field is private in S. Therefore, Ambig inherits i from I only. There
should not be any ambiguity. Problem discovered using Modena test c0814702.

algol% cat Ambig.java
interface I {
        int i=1;
}
class S {
        private int i=-1;
        int getI(){ return i; }
        void setI( int j ){ i=j; }
}
public class Ambig extends S implements I {
        public static void main( String[] argv ) {
Ambig a = new Ambig();
                System.out.println(a.i);
        }
}
algol% java -fullversion
java full version "1.1.4n:1997.09.11"
algol% setenv CLASSPATH .
algol% javac -d . Ambig.java
Ambig.java:13: Reference to i is ambiguous. It is defined in interface I and class S.
                System.out.println(i);
                                   ^
1 error