Name: igT44549 Date: 02/09/99

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I not sure in which category should be this bug report.
Please compile and run the code below:

class Test
{
    // Static constructor. If you don't put the second 'println'
    // in a "try-catch" statement, the bug disaspear.
    {
        System.out.println("Start static initializer");
=09try
=09{
        =09System.out.println(Test.class);
=09}
=09catch (Exception exception)
=09{
=09=09exception.printStackTrace();
=09}
        System.out.println("Finished static initializer");
    }

    Test()
    {}

    // If you comment out this constructor,
    // the bug disaspear.
    Test(String parent)
    {}

    static void main(String[] args)
    {new Test();}
}

Compile this code using 'javac Test.java'. Everything goes fine.
Now run this code using 'java Test'. We get the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError:
(class: Test, method: <init> signature: (Ljava/lang/String;)V)
Incompatible object argument for function call

The second constructor is not use anywhere. But if you comment it out, ever=
ything compile and run fine. If the second constructor is not commented-out=
, even if it is not used, just because it exist the virtual machine fail to=
 run this code.
(Review ID: 48650)
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