Switch with the arrow syntax + throw not supported

[Robert Field]

The bug is:

     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8238173

There are some triage notes.

I'll look at this for JDK 15.

-Robert


On 2020-01-29 06:48, Michel Trudeau wrote:
> It even fails with the old syntax:
>
>
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> And that’s a regression introduced in JDK 12, as it was working in 11.    We’ll file a bug.
>
> -Michel
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> 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
>