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Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it.

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On 12.06.2012 02:38, Lew wrote:
> Stefan Ram wrote:
>> Eric Sosman writes:
>>> Constructor must call super() or this() before return in
>>> method CalcFrame1.<init>()V [...] (...)
>>> at hand, and the compiler has no way to know which was intended.
>>
>>    But the above is not a compiler message, but a run-time message.
>
> Perhaps there was a transcription error in the OP's message when they put
> together their otherwise quite serviceable SSCCE.

I rather think the confusion now reached a degree where people loose 
sight of compile time and runtime. :-)

>>    For a similar situation, I get a compiler message:
>>
>> |Main.java:31: error: call to super must be first statement in constructor
>> |public void test(){ super(); }
>>
>>    . (This message does not actually claim that »test« was a
>>    constructor, although one might read it this way.)
>
> Has anyone tried compiling the OP's first example? (I haven't, and won't.)
> Perhaps there's a further anomaly in there.

Yes, with Eclipse.  See my posting from yesterday for Eclipse _compiler_ 
(and not runtime!) error message.  Repeated for convenience:

> Granted, the error message is probably not the most telling.  Eclipse says
> Constructor call must be the first statement in a constructor CalcFrame1.java    /c.l.j.p/src    line 8    Java Problem
>
> Which is certainly clearer.

Kind regards

	robert

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It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 06:27 -0700
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2012-06-10 13:49 +0000
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 07:08 -0700
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-10 11:34 -0400
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 12:58 -0700
          Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. markspace <-@.> - 2012-06-10 13:43 -0700
            Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 21:01 -0700
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2012-06-10 15:44 +0000
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-10 20:39 +0200
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. "Gavino" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-11 20:13 +0200
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-11 22:51 +0200
          Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. "Gavino" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-06-12 00:45 +0200
            Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-06-11 22:53 +0000
              Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 16:42 -0700
            Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-11 19:53 -0400
              Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 17:38 -0700
                Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-06-11 23:14 -0400
                Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-12 18:21 +0200
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-06-11 22:50 +0200
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-06-10 09:59 -0400
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-06-10 08:02 -0600
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 07:20 -0700
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-06-10 09:49 -0500
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 13:15 -0700
      Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-06-10 10:26 -0600
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-06-10 11:24 -0600
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-06-10 11:38 -0600
          Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2012-06-10 18:17 +0000
            Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-10 12:26 -0700
        Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 13:17 -0700
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-10 11:54 -0700
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 13:24 -0700
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-10 13:56 -0700
    Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. bilsch <bilsch01@gmail.com> - 2012-06-11 20:55 -0700
  Re: It doesn't like 'super' where ever I put it. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-11 16:41 -0700

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