The 1.3 compiler accepts the following program:

interface InterfaceBug {

  int i = 10, j, k;
}


Old javac rightly rejects this, since j and k have not been initialized.
Note that you cannot get 1.3 to accept:

interface InterfaceBug {

  int i, j, k;
}

gilad.bracha@eng 1999-10-20