RE: [Java Spec Report] reference to nonstatic type from static context

At first glance that sounds like a mistake in the JLS.  The constraint
should only apply to uses of non-static methods and fields.

The rationale I think is that to *name* an inner class one does not need
an instance of its enclosing class, although to *construct* one, one
does.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neal Gafter [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: 04 April 2004 08:51
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Java Spec Report] reference to nonstatic type from 
> static context
> 
> 
> I know of no compilers that properly implement this JLS rule:
> 
> // JLS 8.5.2, 2nd paragraph: It is a compile-time error if a static
> // class contains a usage of a non-static member of an enclosing
> // class.
> class A {
>     class B {}
>     static class C {
>         B b; // error
>     }
> }

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