Question on returning instances of a (not exported) derived class

[Sander Mak]

Hi Martin,

> On 25 Aug 2016, at 14:03, Martin Lehmann <martin.lehmann at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> About case [2] you wrote
> 
> *  Are you sure you didn't have the toString() method overridden in
> InternalData at time of compilation?
> 
> Yes, I am sure. I agree, this should compile. At least this compiler error
> message is confusing.

You're not the only one who finds the message confusing. I ran into a similar situation a while ago; you might be interested in reading this thread as well: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-May/007955.html


Sander