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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: You put because it is not there
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:13:47 -0500
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On 1/27/2014 5:49 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    Sometimes, it is surprising what error messages Java
>    implementations give:
>
> Main.java:3: error: '.class' expected
>            { if( true )int x; }}
>                            ^
>    Does the implementation really expects to see
>    »if( true )int .class« or »if( true ).class«?

     The former.  That's what it said; why should you
disbelieve what it says about its own expectations?  ;-)

     Was its expectation reasonable?  I think so, because
given the prefix `if ( true ) int' I can imagine no other
continuation than `. class' that could be part of a valid
parse, as in `if (true) int.class.getClassLoader();'.

     Can you think of any other valid continuations?

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Eric Sosman
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