Name: laC46010 Date: 09/09/98



  Java compiler (1.2fcs-I) fails to compile following example. When
the inner class declared in "if (false)" block compiler report the
error. When condition represented by final variable all work fine.
  See also 4059492 (state: INT, Integrated in releases: 1.2beta3).

Test example and javac diagnostics follow:
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novo35% cat test.java
class test {
    test() {
        if (false) {
            class A {}
        }
    }
}

novo35% java -version
java version "1.2fcs"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2fcs-I, green threads, sunwjit)
novo35% javac test.java
test.java:4: Constructor invocation must be the first thing in a method.

            class A {}
                  ^
1 error
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