Name: ssT124754 Date: 01/31/2001


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)


According to JLS 15.11, the only legal uses of super to access fields are:

super.fieldname
classname.super.fieldname

However, Javac 1.3 also compiles this without error:

class Super {
  interface I {
    int i = 1;
  }
}
class Sub extends Super {
  Sub() {
    System.out.println(super.I.i);
  }
}

The construct super.Classname.fieldname (or interfacename, in this case) needs
to be rejected as invalid, or added to the JLS.
(Review ID: 115916)
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