Name: akC45999 Date: 07/15/98



The Java VM spec chapter "4.5 Fields" reads:
...
No two fields in one class file may have the same name and descriptor (4.3.2).

But the attached test shows that VM doesn't reject a class containing
several fields with the same name and descriptor.

--------------------------------- fldsnd00101m.java

public class fldsnd00101m {

  public static void main(String argv[]) {

try{
Class.forName("fldsnd00101");
System.exit(97);

} catch (Throwable e) {
System.exit(95);
}
  }
}
--------------------------------- fldsnd00101.jasm

public class fldsnd00101
{

Field a:I;
Field a:I;

} // end Class fldsnd00101
------------------------------------- dotest

#!/bin/sh
TESTCLASSES=/opt/home/testclasses
CLASSPATH=$TESTCLASSES
export CLASSPATH

jasm -d $TESTCLASSES fldsnd00101.jasm
javac -d $TESTCLASSES fldsnd00101m.java
java -verify fldsnd00101m;

echo res=$?
----------------------------------------

Running the test:

novo49% dotest
res=97
novo49%

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