javac throws a NPE when compiling a lambda expression

Maurizio Cimadamore maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com
Mon Jun 13 06:36:44 PDT 2011


On 13/06/11 13:19, Arul Dhesiaseelan wrote:
> Hmm, my bad, I did not notice that missing import, was using a text 
> editor to develop lambdas, which proved to be a disaster in this case.

About that, let me be explicit - we are positively interested in *any* 
compiler crash, even those associated with erroneous programs - i.e. 
don't assume that it is legitimate for javac to crash when compiling bad 
code ;-)

In this respect, bug reports as the one submitted by Arul are as useful 
as the more common bug reports of the kind "this should compile but it 
doesn't".

Maurizio
>
> Thanks Maurizio and Ali.
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:41 AM, Maurizio Cimadamore 
> <maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com 
> <mailto:maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 13/06/11 11:37, Ali Ebrahimi wrote:
>     > Hi Maurizio,
>     > similar crash for this code:
>     >                             call(#{ -> System.out.println(
>     > undefinedVar );  });
>     Yeah, all these problems have gone now (fixed in the latest push).
>     Thanks for the headsup.
>
>     Maurizio
>     > Ali Ebrahimi
>     >
>     > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Maurizio Cimadamore
>     > <maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com
>     <mailto:maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com>
>     > <mailto:maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com
>     <mailto:maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I confirm that the following simplified example actually fails
>     >     with the latest compiler:
>     >
>     >     class TestLambda {
>     >
>     >
>     >      interface SAM {
>     >        void m();
>     >      }
>     >
>     >      {
>     >        call(#{ -> log(new Date() + "");  });
>     >      }
>     >
>     >      void call(SAM s) { }
>     >
>     >
>     >      void log(String msg) {
>     >        System.out.println(msg);
>     >      }
>     >      }
>     >
>     >     The problem is caused by a bad error recovery - in the above
>     >     example java.util.Date cannot be found, because the
>     corresponding
>     >     import is missing. Which means that the compiler should emit an
>     >     error, but in this case the error is swallen when
>     attributing the
>     >     lambda body - which means that the compiler tries to emit
>     code for
>     >     an incorrect source program - hence the NPE.
>     >
>     >     Maurizio
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     On 13/06/11 07:46, Ali Ebrahimi wrote:
>     >
>     >         Hi,
>     >         This sample code compiles with current lambda repository
>     build.
>     >
>     >         Ali Ebrahimi
>     >
>     >         On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Arul
>     >         Dhesiaseelan<aruld at acm.org <mailto:aruld at acm.org>
>     <mailto:aruld at acm.org <mailto:aruld at acm.org>>>  wrote:
>     >
>     >             public class TestLambda {
>     >
>     >              class Payment {
>     >                private int amount;
>     >
>     >                Payment(int amount) {
>     >                  this.amount = amount;
>     >                }
>     >
>     >                public int getAmount() {
>     >                  return amount;
>     >                }
>     >              }
>     >
>     >              interface PaymentProcessor {
>     >                void process(Payment pmt);
>     >              }
>     >
>     >              {
>     >                invokeProcessor(# { pmt ->  log("Processed # " +
>     >             pmt.getAmount() + " at
>     >             " + new Date()) });
>     >              }
>     >
>     >              void invokeProcessor(PaymentProcessor processor) {
>     >                processor.process(new Payment(42));
>     >              }
>     >
>     >              void log(String msg) {
>     >                System.out.println(msg);
>     >              }
>     >             }
>     >
>     >             I am trying to rebuild my old Lambda example (which used
>     >             to work with
>     >             earlier prototype using build 115), but failed to
>     compile
>     >             with the latest
>     >             prototype using build 145:
>     >
>     >             An exception has occurred in the compiler
>     >             (1.7.0-internal). Please file a
>     >             bug at the Java Developer Connection (
>     > http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport)
>     >             after checking the Bug Parade for duplicates.
>     Include your
>     >             program and the
>     >             following diagnostic in your report.  Thank you.
>     >             java.lang.NullPointerException
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow.visitNewClass(Flow.java:1308)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCNewClass.accept(JCTree.java:1391)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow.scanExpr(Flow.java:572)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow.visitBinary(Flow.java:1504)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCBinary.accept(JCTree.java:1654)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow.scanExpr(Flow.java:572)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow.scanExprs(Flow.java:582)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow.visitApply(Flow.java:1299)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCMethodInvocation.accept(JCTree.java:1337)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:49)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow.scanStat(Flow.java:556)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Flow.analyzeLambda(Flow.java:1370)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribLambda(Attr.java:2314)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr$1.deferredAttr(Attr.java:2194)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr$1.deferredAttr(Attr.java:2185)
>     >                    at
>     >
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr$SAMDeferredAttribution.complete(Attr.java:2793)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Infer$InferPolyCompleter.complete(Infer.java:737)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Infer.instantiatePoly(Infer.java:748)
>     >                    at
>     >
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Resolve.checkRawArgumentsAcceptable(Resolve.java:553)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Infer.instantiateMethod(Infer.java:419)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Resolve.rawInstantiate(Resolve.java:396)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Resolve.selectBest(Resolve.java:820)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Resolve.findMethod(Resolve.java:1064)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Resolve.findMethod(Resolve.java:1025)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Resolve.findFun(Resolve.java:1158)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Resolve.resolveMethod(Resolve.java:1582)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.visitIdent(Attr.java:2546)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCIdent.accept(JCTree.java:1826)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:466)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.visitApply(Attr.java:1578)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCMethodInvocation.accept(JCTree.java:1337)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:466)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:484)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribExpr(Attr.java:499)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.visitExec(Attr.java:1334)
>     >                    at
>     >
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCExpressionStatement.accept(JCTree.java:1180)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:466)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:484)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribStat(Attr.java:519)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribStats(Attr.java:535)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.visitBlock(Attr.java:952)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCBlock.accept(JCTree.java:794)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:466)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribTree(Attr.java:484)
>     >                    at
>     >             com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribStat(Attr.java:519)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribClassBody(Attr.java:3793)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribClass(Attr.java:3715)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attribClass(Attr.java:3651)
>     >                    at
>     com.sun.tools.javac.comp.Attr.attrib(Attr.java:3625)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.attribute(JavaCompiler.java:1189)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile2(JavaCompiler.java:877)
>     >                    at
>     >            
>     com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:836)
>     >                    at
>     com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:417)
>     >                    at
>     com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:331)
>     >                    at
>     com.sun.tools.javac.main.Main.compile(Main.java:322)
>     >                    at com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:76)
>     >                    at com.sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:61)
>     >
>     >
>     >             java version "1.7.0-ea"
>     >             Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-ea-b145)
>     >             Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b15,
>     mixed mode)
>     >
>     >             I am not sure what has changed since then. Any clues?
>     >
>     >             -Arul
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>
>
>



More information about the lambda-dev mailing list