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| Summary: | No return statement for code with infinite loop | ||
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| Product: | [Eclipse Project] JDT | Reporter: | John Arthorne <john.arthorne> |
| Component: | Core | Assignee: | Philipe Mulet <philippe_mulet> |
| Status: | RESOLVED WONTFIX | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | P3 | ||
| Version: | 2.0 | ||
| Target Milestone: | 2.1 M1 | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Windows 2000 | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
No. This code is legite due to the infinite loop. Put it this way: there is no way you can exit the method without returning something, given you cannot reach the method exit (without an exception). Closing here's your reference Peter http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/classes.doc.html#37316 i meant: John. sorry Thanks Adam. I looked through JLS but didn't find that section. That clears it up. |
Build: 2.0 If I compile a class with the following method: protected int foo() { while (5 < 10) { System.out.println("Foo"); } } It reports no compilation errors. However, this method declares a return type, but there is no return statement. I would expect either, "this method must return a result of type int", or "this method has no way to return". I don't know if the latter condition is specified in the language, so maybe it's better to go with the first message.