java/4766: Stack overflow when compiling .class file

[blanen at uinetworks dot com]

>Number:         4766
>Category:       java
>Synopsis:       Stack overflow when compiling .class file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 01 14:46:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Blane Nelson
>Release:        gcc 3.0.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
PowerPC (G4 466Mhz) Mandrake PPC Linux 8.0.
>Description:

If you put a return statement in a finally statement it will cause a stack overflow.

I think that the code lised below should not be valid but Sun seems to think that this is legal.
>How-To-Repeat:
The following code will cause a stack overflow when compiling the .class file to a .o file.  If you compile .java to .o it works fine.

public int myfunction()
{
  try
  {
     do.something();
  }
  catch( Exception e )
  {
    e.printStackTrace();
  }
  finally
  {
    return 0;
  }
}

>Fix:

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