<div dir="ltr"><div>Answering my own question...</div><div><br></div><div>It's a dumb question because it's no longer true. Originally local classes could not have static members but that changed in JDK 16 with <a href="https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8254321">JDK-8254321</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>-Archie<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 3:52 PM Archie Cobbs <<a href="mailto:archie.cobbs@gmail.com">archie.cobbs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dumb question...</div><div><br></div><div>Where is it specified in the JLS that a (normal) local class cannot have static members? I don't see it in <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se22/html/jls-14.html#jls-14.3" target="_blank">§14.3</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Archie L. Cobbs<br></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Archie L. Cobbs<br></div>