In JDK8(u40, latest 8u-dev) will crash by the following clode:
(JDK9 works fine)

public class Test
{
    public Test()
    {
        super(A::a);
    }
}

Exception is following:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.visitIdent(Flow.java:2377)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCIdent.accept(JCTree.java:2011)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$BaseAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:404)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:1382)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.visitReference(TreeScanner.java:268)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCMemberReference.accept(JCTree.java:1973)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$BaseAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:404)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:1382)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.scanExpr(Flow.java:1624)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.scanExprs(Flow.java:1636)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.visitApply(Flow.java:2233)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCMethodInvocation.accept(JCTree.java:1465)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$BaseAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:404)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:1382)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.visitExec(TreeScanner.java:175)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCExpressionStatement.accept(JCTree.java:1296)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$BaseAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:404)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:1382)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:57)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.visitBlock(Flow.java:1843)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCBlock.accept(JCTree.java:909)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$BaseAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:404)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:1382)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.visitMethodDef(Flow.java:1780)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AssignAnalyzer.visitMethodDef(Flow.java:2546)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCMethodDecl.accept(JCTree.java:778)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$BaseAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:404)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:1382)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.visitClassDef(Flow.java:1733)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AssignAnalyzer.visitClassDef(Flow.java:2525)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCClassDecl.accept(JCTree.java:693)
at com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$BaseAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:404)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.scan(Flow.java:1382)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.analyzeTree(Flow.java:2420)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow$AbstractAssignAnalyzer.analyzeTree(Flow.java:2403)
at com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow.analyzeTree(Flow.java:211)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.flow(JavaCompiler.java:1327)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.flow(JavaCompiler.java:1296)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile2(JavaCompiler.java:901)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:860)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:523)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:381)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:370)
at com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:361)
at com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:56)
at com.sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:42)