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Name: skT88420 Date: 06/03/99


/*Compiling this code product error
Produced on OS/2's Java JDK 1.1.6
*/

public class BugInSwitch
{
   public final int MODE_1=1; //!! NOT static
   public final int MODE_2=2; //!! NOT static

   public BugInSwitch(int mode)
   {
    switch(mode)
    {
    case MODE_1: break;
    case MODE_2: break;
    }
   }
}
/*
javac BugInSwitch.java

sun.tools.java.CompilerError: addReference BugInSwitch this
        at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.addReference(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.getReference(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.Context.noteReference(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.Context.makeReference(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.ThisExpression.checkValue(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.Expression.checkAmbigName(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.FieldExpression.checkCommon(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.FieldExpression.checkValue(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.IdentifierExpression.checkValue(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.CaseStatement.check(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.SwitchStatement.check(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.Statement.checkBlockStatement(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.CompoundStatement.check(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.Statement.checkMethod(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceField.check(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.checkFields(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.checkInternal(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.check(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Compiled Code)

error: An error has occurred in the compiler; please file a bug report (http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi).
1 error

*/
(Review ID: 83902)
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Name: skT88420 Date: 06/04/99


On the SGI O2, under Irix 6.3, I get the following when trying to compile a Java class at the command line:

javac TintOperator.java
sun.tools.java.CompilerError: addReference VoxelMincer.TintOperator this
        at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.addReference(ClassDefinition.java:1077)
        at sun.tools.java.ClassDefinition.getReference(ClassDefinition.java:1072)
        at sun.tools.tree.Context.noteReference(Context.java:308)
        at sun.tools.tree.Context.makeReference(Context.java:329)
        at sun.tools.tree.ThisExpression.checkValue(ThisExpression.java:76)
        at sun.tools.tree.Expression.checkAmbigName(Expression.java:210)
        at sun.tools.tree.FieldExpression.checkCommon(FieldExpression.java:135)
        at sun.tools.tree.FieldExpression.checkValue(FieldExpression.java:111)
        at sun.tools.tree.IdentifierExpression.checkValue(IdentifierExpression.java:224)
        at sun.tools.tree.CaseStatement.check(CaseStatement.java:46)
        at sun.tools.tree.SwitchStatement.check(SwitchStatement.java:66)
        at sun.tools.tree.Statement.checkBlockStatement(Statement.java:120)
        at sun.tools.tree.CompoundStatement.check(CompoundStatement.java:70)
        at sun.tools.tree.Statement.checkMethod(Statement.java:98)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceField.check(SourceField.java:412)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.checkFields(SourceClass.java:852)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.checkInternal(SourceClass.java:615)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.check(SourceClass.java:566)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:349)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:521)
error: An error has occurred in the compiler; please file a bug report (http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi).
(Review ID: 83963)
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