JEP 492: javac error on a valid code

[Archie Cobbs]

Filed as https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8349754.

Thanks for the bug report!

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM Archie Cobbs <archie.cobbs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ekaterina,
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM Ekaterina Semenova <
> ekaterina.semenova at jetbrains.com> wrote:
>
>> I would expect though the code to be compilable because in this case i
>> should refer to the containing class private field, not to the superclass
>> field (because it is private thus inaccessible to the subclass), so it
>> should be allowed to reference it in the constructor prologue.
>> Could you please take a look?
>>
>
> Thanks - it looks like the "before supertype constructor has been called"
> check is flawed and being too aggressive here. I'll take a look.
>
> -Archie
>
> --
> Archie L. Cobbs
>


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Archie L. Cobbs
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