Description Paula Cox (WSAD) 2001-11-02 15:44:20 EST

It seems as though there is a bug in the compiler. The                 
following code does not compile correctly...                            
                                                                       
public void test() {                                                    
Object obj = "test";                                                  
  obj = obj + "ing";                                                    
  System.out.println(obj);                                              
}                                                                       
                                                                        
This produces the following output: "ing"                               
However this code works...                                              
                                                                        
public void test() {                                                    
  Object obj = "test";                                                  
  obj = (String)obj + "ing";                                            
  System.out.println(obj);                                              
}                                                                       
                                                                        
Thus producing the output: "testing"                                    
                                                                        
I noticed that when I compile this under Sun's "javac",                 
it works fine. And when I looked at the PCODE that was                 
produced, it was definitely wrong.

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