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Re: Java compiler is trying too hard for me
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur van Hoff)
Wed Jul 12 15:59:00 1995
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 11:25:07 -0800 (PDT)
From: Arthur van Hoff <Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: Arthur van Hoff <Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Tientien Li <li@deming.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Hi Tientien,
> The Java compiler "javac" won't let me do the following type of code:
>
> class smartjavac {
> public void init() {
> int x;
> for (int i=0; i<3; i++) {
> if (i == 0) x = i;
> else if (i == 1) x = i;
> else x = i;
> }
> System.out.println("ValueOfX is " + x );
> }
> }
>
> The compiler print out the following message and won't generate
> any class code.
>
> smartjavac.java:9: Variable x may not have been initialized.
> System.out.println("ValueOfX is " + x );
> ^
> 1 error
>
> I've tried several compiler options including "-nowarn", but got the
> same result.
>
> Any fix for this problem?
You are required to initialize x. Just change the declaration of x
to "int x = 0;".
Have fun,
Arthur van Hoff
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