Don Clugston:

Do you have a reference for this Java behaviour? I did a quick google, and everything I found indicates that case labels must be constants.

Thank you for your answer, Don.

I have compiled this Java code:

class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int x = 2;
        int y = 2;
        switch(x) {
            case 1: break;
            case y: break;
        }
    }
}


It gives:

Main.java:7: error: constant expression required
            case y: break;
                 ^
1 error

As you see:
http://ideone.com/wAXMZ

Bye,
bearophile

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