----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Rall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 8:48 PM Subject: Re: Invalid static member of inner class
> I'm fairly certain that jikes just turns that into a constant. It's > odd that javac does not -- I wonder if there is a way to convince it > that it should be constant? I think Jikes is wrong here (which is very unusual!). The JLS defines a compile-time constant in section 15.28. A compile time constant can be the value of a primitive type or a String. John Wilson The Wilson Partnership http://www.wilson.co.uk
