FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
JDK6 release

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
All platforms

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
All configurations

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The following code should compile without error, and did compile without error until very late in the JDK6 candidates

frog:~/tmp$ cat -n F.java
     1 enum Foo {
     2 A, B;
     3 Foo() {
     4 Object x = Foo.class;
     5 }
     6 }
frog:~/tmp$ /usr/local/jdk6/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0-rc"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-rc-b104)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-rc-b104, mixed mode, sharing)
frog:~/tmp$ /usr/local/jdk6/bin/javac F.java
F.java:4: illegal reference to static field from initializer
    Object x = Foo.class;
                  ^
1 error
frog:~/tmp$


REGRESSION. Last worked in version mustang

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
See description

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Code should compile without error.
ACTUAL -
javac rejects the code, as shown in the description.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
F.java:4: illegal reference to static field from initializer

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
enum Foo {
  A, B;
  Foo() {
    Object x = Foo.class;
  }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Use Class.forName instead of a class literal. Unfortunately, the result of Class.forName doesn't have the same generic type as the class literal.