Name: igT44549 Date: 02/08/99


Given the following code:

class Test
{
    final int x ;
    Test()
    {
        try
        {
            x = f() ;
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            x = 0 ;
        }
        System.err.println("x=" + x) ;
    }
    int f() throws Exception
    {
        return 1 ;
    }
}

javac from the jdk1.1.7 compiles this code successfully.
javac from the jdk1.2ea results in the following errors:

Test.java:3: Blank final variable 'x' may not have been initialized. It must be assigned a value in an initializer, or in every constructor.
        final int x ;
                    ^
Test.java:12: Can't assign a second value to a blank final variable: x
                        x = 0 ;
                        ^
Test.java:14: Variable x may not have been initialized.
                System.err.println("x=" + x) ;
                                          ^
3 errors
(Review ID: 49071)
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