b117: Self-reference in initializer does no longer work

[Zhong Yu]

See https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8024809

Basically a field cannot reference itself in the initializer, even if
the reference occurs inside a lambda expression.

However, you can bypass this kind of static analysis by using
`this.r`. If that doesn't work in some context (where javac equates
`this.r` and `r`) you can try `(this).r`.

Zhong Yu


On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Millies, Sebastian
<Sebastian.Millies at softwareag.com> wrote:
> I just upgraded from b114 to b114. Self-references in initializers do no longer work, e. g.
> Zhong Yu's variation on the fix point operator:
>
> static <A,B> Function<A,B> fix2(Function<Function<A,B>, Function<A,B>> f)
>     {
>         return new Object()
>        {
>             Function<A,B> r = a -> f.apply(r).apply(a);
>         }.r;
>     }
>
> Why has this feature been dropped? Or is it a bug in b117?
>
>
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