java/4022: ?: precedence is wrong.

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>Number:         4022
>Category:       java
>Synopsis:       ?: precedence is wrong.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Aug 14 12:46:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alex Petit-Bianco
>Release:        3.0 and trunk.
>Organization:
>Environment:
Most likely all. x86/linux definitively.
>Description:
Consider this test case:

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String s = null;
        System.out.println("foo" + s != null ? s : "");
    }
}

$ ./test
null

When enclosed in parentheses, it behaves normally:

    System.out.println("foo" + (s != null ? s : ""));

$ ./test
foo

A core dump happens when this is done in a toString method:

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(new Test());
    }

    public String toString() {
        String s = null;
        return "foo" + s != null ? s : "";
    }
}

>How-To-Repeat:
Build the examples above.
>Fix:
Not yet.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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