>>>>> "Dimitris" == Dimitris Vyzovitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dimitris> If you try to compile those files with jikes or ibm's
Dimitris> javac,
"IBM's javac" is somewhat misleading, javac is written in Java and most
implementations based on Sun's code use it without modifications. So
the differences between Sun's/Blackdown's/IBM's javac should be very
small to non-existent (when using the same Java2 SDK version).
Dimitris> everything works smoothly. However, if your do
Dimitris> so with blackdown's 1.2.2RC4, the following error
Dimitris> occurs: [dimitris@gauss bugs]$ javac a.java c.java
Dimitris> c.java:4: Undefined variable or class name: b
Dimitris> System.out.println( b.test );
Dimitris> ^
Dimitris> 1 error
javac from 1.1/1.2 has many problems with nested classes/interfaces.
The new javac from 1.3 fixes most of them.
BTW, jikes has some problems with this stuff too:
interface I
{
abstract class C
{
static C c = new C() {
interface InnerI {}
};
}
}
According to the JLS2Draft this code is illegal, interfaces are not
allowed in inner classes:
It looks like the 'static' confuses jikes and it thinks 'static C c =
new C() {..}' defines a new top-level class (or according to the new
terminology: a static member class) but it actually defines an
anonymous class inside a static context (JLS2 8.1.2). Also JLS 15.9.5
says: "An anonymous class is always an inner class; it is never static
(§8.5.2)."
So "new C() {...}" defines an inner class. But inner classes cannot
have member interfaces (JLS2 8.1.2) so this code should not compile.
javac (1.2.2 and 1.3) reports an error but jikes-1.10 (I haven't tried
newer versions) compiles this code.
Juergen
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