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Re: java.lang.Float.MAX_EXPONENT cannot be resolved

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mathar wrote:
> Under openSuse, the following program says that 
> 
>         int indx8 = java.lang.Float.MAX_EXPONENT ;
>                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 1 problem (1 error)
> 
> after javac t.java where t.java contains
> 
> package de.viper_ag.util ;

Because this type is in a package, one expects to see that package 
reflected in the command line.

> // import java.lang.Float ;

It's never necessary to import 'java.lang' types.

> public class t {
> 
>         private void init()
>         {
>                 // int indx8 = Float.MAX_EXPONENT ;

Yes, this should have worked. Strange.

>                 // int indx8 = MAX_EXPONENT ;
> 
>                 int indx8 = java.lang.Float.MAX_EXPONENT ;

Same difference.

>                 // indx8 = java.lang.Math.getExponent(java.lang.Float.MAX_VALUE) ;
>         }
> }
> 
>  java -version

What about "javac -version"?

Grasping at straws here.

> java version "1.6.0_24"
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11.3) (suse-9.1-x86_64)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode)
> 
> This type of error does not occur with Fedora-9 or Fedora-14 distributions.
> Any workaround for this?

No. It's an "impossible" error. Something is fubared in your Java setup, 
if John's suggestion doesn't work.

-- 
Lew

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java.lang.Float.MAX_EXPONENT cannot be resolved mathar@mathar.mpia-hd.mpg.de (mathar) - 2012-09-10 10:15 +0000
  Re: java.lang.Float.MAX_EXPONENT cannot be resolved "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-10 07:58 -0400
  Re: java.lang.Float.MAX_EXPONENT cannot be resolved Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-09-10 11:00 -0700
  Re: java.lang.Float.MAX_EXPONENT cannot be resolved Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-09-11 09:04 -0700

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