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Warn about problematic forward references

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      The following program compiles:

      class Test {
          static Object x = Test.x;
      }
      This is rejected by javac:

      class Test {
          static Object x = x;
      }

      Since Test.x and x represent the same variable should the compiler
      reject both programs?

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            ahe Peter Ahe
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