GCJ Bug accessing field of inner class (gcc version 2.97 20010117)

[Barnet Wagman]

GCJ appears to be unable to access the field of an inner class from within
a different class.  Here's a simple example:


package A;
public class HasInnerClass {
    InnerClass ic0;
    public HasInnerClass() {
        ic0 = new InnerClass();
        System.err.println("In
HasInnerClass(), ic0.s = " + ic0.s);
    }
    public class InnerClass {
        String s;
        int i;
        public InnerClass() {
           
s = "A stringggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg";
           
i = 123;
        }
    }
    public InnerClass newInnerClass() { return( new
InnerClass() ); }
}
 


package A;
public class UsesInnerClass {
    public UsesInnerClass() {
 
        HasInnerClass hic =
new HasInnerClass();
        System.err.println(
"In UsesInnerClass(), hic.ic0.s = " + hic.ic0.s);
    }
    public static void main(String[] argv) { new
UsesInnerClass(); }
}


After compiling with gcj, gcc version 2.97 20010117 (experimental), 
running  it yields
I n HasInnerClass(), ic0.s = A stringggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
Out of Memory!  Returning NIL!
instead of
In HasInnerClass(), ic0.s = A stringggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
In UsesInnerClass(), hic.ic0.s = A stringggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
 
Is this a known bug?
Regards,
Barnet Wagman