javac doesn't detect cyclic constructor invocation

Name: igT44549 Date: 02/10/99


/*

javac compiles the following illegal program:
(The two Y constructors are mutually recursive.)

*/
package test;
public class X {
    public static void main(final String[] args) {
new X ().new Y();
    }

    class Y {
Y () {
X.this.this(X.this);
}

Y (X x) {
x.this();
}
    }
}
(Review ID: 53621)
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It is hardly necessary to use such a complex example, e.g., using
the qualified 'this()' notation. The following case also exhibits
the bug:

    class Y {
Y () {
this(1);
}

Y (int x) {
this();
}
    }

william.maddox@Eng 1999-02-12