On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 07:53:28PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting, I never saw this, even though I used jikes (1.15).
Ah.. when I try to "exploit" the bug with an 8-bit character, javac throws an error: Test.java:3: possible loss of precision found : char required: byte byte x = 'ö'; ^ 1 error So it looks like it's my old version of jikes (1.13). I'll upgrade and try again. > However, I do get this warning below. It is just a warning, but... > > > compile: > [javac] Compiling 29 source files to >/home/otis/cvs-repositories/jakarta/jakarta-commons/httpclient/target/classes > [javac] > [javac] Issued 1 semantic warning compiling >"/home/otis/cvs-repositories/jakarta/jakarta-commons/httpclient/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/log/SimpleLog.java": > [javac] > [javac] 103. } catch(Throwable t) { > [javac] <---------> > [javac] *** Caution: This try block cannot throw a "checked exception" (JLS >section 14.7) that can be caught here. You may have intended to catch a >RuntimeException instead of an Exception. > [copy] Copying 3 files to >/home/otis/cvs-repositories/jakarta/jakarta-commons/httpclient/target/classes Yes, that's from a block of code: try { } catch(Throwable t) { // ignored } Looks like the "try {" is misplaced. --Jeff > BUILD SUCCESSFUL > > > Otis > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>