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List:       xmlrpc-dev
Subject:    Re: Invalid static member of inner class
From:       "John Wilson" <tug () wilson ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-02-22 21:46:03
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Rall" <dlr@finemaltcoding.com>
To: <rpc-dev@xml.apache.org>
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

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