Name: skT88420 Date: 08/04/99


SOURCE :
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public class CompileBug {

  private final int theBug = null;

  public CompileBug() {
    theBug = 0;
  }

  class Bar {
    Bar() {
      int i = theBug;
      System.out.println(theBug + " is the value is theBug and " + i + " is the value of i");
    }
  }

  public static void main(String args[]) {

        CompileBug cb = new CompileBug();
        CompileBug.Bar b = cb.new Bar();
 }
}

ERROR MESSAGE:
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sun.tools.java.CompilerError: codeConversion: 8, 13
        at sun.tools.tree.Expression.codeConversion(Expression.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.ConvertExpression.codeValue(ConvertExpression.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.VarDeclarationStatement.code(VarDeclarationStatement.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.DeclarationStatement.code(DeclarationStatement.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.tree.CompoundStatement.code(CompoundStatement.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceMember.code(SourceMember.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceMember.code(SourceMember.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.compileClass(SourceClass.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.SourceClass.compile(SourceClass.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java, Compiled Code)
        at sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java, Compiled Code)
CompileBug.java:0: inner class CompileBug. Bar:CompileBug. Bar(CompileBug)@sun.tools.java.CompilerError: codeConversion: 8, 13
public class CompileBug {
^
CompileBug.java:3: Incompatible type for null. Can't convert null to int.
  private final int theBug = null;
                             ^
CompileBug.java:6: Can't assign a value to a final variable: theBug
    theBug = 0;
    ^
3 errors

VERSION:
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java version "1.2.2"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.2-W, green threads, sunwjit)
(Review ID: 93282)
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