### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.eclipse.jdt.core
Index: compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ReferenceBinding.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ReferenceBinding.java,v
retrieving revision 1.101
diff -u -r1.101 ReferenceBinding.java
--- compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ReferenceBinding.java	28 Apr 2006 14:53:28 -0000	1.101
+++ compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ReferenceBinding.java	23 May 2006 18:52:33 -0000
@@ -72,7 +72,20 @@
 	int mid = 0;
 	char[] midName;
 	while (left <= right) {
-		mid = (left + right) /2;
+		mid = (left + right) / 2;
+		if (sortedFields[mid] == null) {
+			// abort and do a linear search
+			for (int i = 0, max2 = sortedFields.length; i < max2; i++) {
+				FieldBinding fieldBinding = sortedFields[i];
+				if (fieldBinding != null) {
+					char[] fieldName = fieldBinding.name;
+					if (compare(name, fieldBinding.name, nameLength, fieldName.length) == 0) {
+						return fieldBinding;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
 		int compare = compare(name, midName = sortedFields[mid].name, nameLength, midName.length);
 		if (compare < 0) {
 			right = mid-1;