[news.eclipse.tools] Re: DEFECT REPORT: compiler generating invalid byte

[Olivier Thomann <olivier_thomann@xxxxxxx>]

Jim Sculley wrote:

> Aha!  There's the problem.  This code isn't quite right.  Move the
> declaration of 'foo' inside the 'for' loop like this:
> public class LocalBug {
>    public static void main(String[] args) {
>      for (int i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
>        int foo;
>        try {
>          foo = 1;
>        } catch (Exception e) {
>          continue;
>        }
>      }
>    }
> }

Ok, with this test case I reproduced the problem.

> My apologies for the bad test case.  It got scrambled somwhere along the
> way, and this explains why it worked on my home machine as well, since I
> cut and pasted my own incorrect test case.  If this code doesn't fail,
> please let me know and I will go ahead and send you my class file.  Once
> again, my apologies for wasting your time with the bad test case.

No problem. The most important is that the problem is not reproducable, which means
it can be fixed :-). I am looking at it right now and I'll let you know when I have
something new.

Thanks a lot for your help.
--
Olivier