Switch with the arrow syntax + throw not supported

[Michel Trudeau]

It even fails with the old syntax:



And that’s a regression introduced in JDK 12, as it was working in 11.    We’ll file a bug.

-Michel

On Jan 29, 2020, at 5:48 AM, Remi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr> wrote:

Hi all,
this snippet of code doesn't work with jshell.

jshell> var foo = "foo";
  ...> switch(foo) {
  ...>   default -> throw new AssertionError();
  ...> }
foo ==> "foo"
|  Error:
|  unreachable statement
|  }
|   ^

Obviously, it works with javac.

regards,
Rémi