Name: akC45999 Date: 09/29/98



Attached test shows that x86's VM trows NullPointerException instead StackOverflowError

--------------------------------- exceptions03101.java

import java.io.PrintStream;

public class exceptions03101 {

  public static int counter = 1;

  static int Runner() {
counter = counter * -1;
int i = counter;
if(counter < 2) counter += Runner();
return i;
  }

  public static void main(String argv[]) {

try{
Runner();
} catch (Throwable e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
  }
}

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TESTCLASSES=/net/novo48/opt/home/testclasses
CLASSPATH=$TESTCLASSES
export CLASSPATH

/export/ld14/java/dest/jdk1.2fcsK/x86/bin/javac -d $TESTCLASSES *.java
/export/ld14/java/dest/jdk1.2fcsK/x86/bin/java -verify exceptions03101

---------------------------------- output

novo26% dotest
java.lang.NullPointerException
novo26%

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