Re: java/4568: static inner classes fails

[Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>]

http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=4568

Nic Ferrier sent this test case.

file a.java:

public class A
{
   public static X createSomething ()
   {
     return new X();
   }

   public class X
   {
      public void someMethod ()
      {
        return;
      }
   }
}


file b.java:

import A.X;

public class B
{
   public void someThing ()
   {
     X var = A.createSomething();
     var.someMethod();
   }
}


But trying to compile this with GCJ produces the following error:


./../paperclips/source/gnu/paperclips/WebApp.java:173: 
Type `X' not found in the declaration of the local variable `var'.
        X var = (X) A.createSomething();


This does compile with javac.

If GCJ does this it won't be able to compile javamail which also uses
import references to inner classes.