On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:42:08 +0200, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote:

 It's obviously related to type-erasure,
but
why on earth didn't the Java compiler guys burn in a rule that would add a
"return null" if the signature is Void?

Laziness in the design of the compiler. I don't know any other solution than returns null and yes, it's a bit annoying for me too.

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