Name: js151677 Date: 06/30/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
1.4.2_04

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Linux frix 2.4.26 #1 Po m�j 3 09:28:22 CEST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Here is an example (Incorrectness.java listing):
public class Incorrectness {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    boolean condition = true;
    if (condition)
      String[] strArray = new String[] {"one", "two", "three"};
  }
}

When I try compile it with 'javac Incorrectness.java' this error message occur:
Incorrectness.java:5: '.class' expected
      String[] strArray = new String[] {"one", "two", "three"};
               ^
Incorrectness.java:5: not a statement
      String[] strArray = new String[] {"one", "two", "three"};
            ^
2 errors

Really crazy error messages. In generaly, when I initialize arbitrary object inside implicit one-statement block, the error is reported.
Ok, I know that has no sense to assign object reference inside one-statement block (because it is accessible only from that block), but explicit one-statement block (brackets added) works fine. Here is an exapmle (IncorrectnessFixed.java listing):
public class IncorrectnessFixed {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    boolean condition = true;
    if (condition) {
      String[] strArray = new String[] {"one", "two", "three"};
    }
  }
}

I think that both Incorrectness.java and IncorrectnessFixed.java source codes are equivalent.

My javac version:
Linux: from j2sdk-1_4_2_04-linux-i586.bin package
Windows: from j2sdk_1_4_2_03-windows-i586-p.exe package


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
ncorrectness.java:5: '.class' expected
      String[] strArray = new String[] {"one", "two", "three"};
               ^
Incorrectness.java:5: not a statement
      String[] strArray = new String[] {"one", "two", "three"};
            ^
2 errors


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class Incorrectness {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    boolean condition = true;
    if (condition)
      String[] strArray = new String[] {"one", "two", "three"};
  }
}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Introduce explicit one-statement block. Simply add brackets.
(Incident Review ID: 281910)
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