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

--- In [email protected], "Neal Gafter"
<Neal.Gafter@s...> wrote:
> 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
>     }
> }

1.4.1 implements some new changes wrt/ static classes and references.
 I put in a bug report over a class that wouldnt compile, 5016263.



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