Name: akC45999 Date: 10/16/98



Test below shows that x86's (JDK12fcs-N with JIT on) VM trows
NullPointerException instead of StackOverflowError. Similar bug was
filed for the case when the method Runner is not synchronized (bug 4177154).

--------------------------------- exceptions03102.java

import java.io.PrintStream;

public class exceptions03102 {

  public static int counter = 1;

  static synchronized 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);
}
  }
}

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

novo26% dotest
java full version "JDK-1.2fcs-N"
java.lang.NullPointerException
novo26%

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