StaticFieldTest.java

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 * @(#)StaticFieldTest.java	1.7 06/10/10
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public class StaticFieldTest
{
    private static String[] texts;
    // Adding the following line makes the bug go away
    // private static Object x;

    static {
	// correspond to PASSED, FAILED, CHECK_FILE, ERROR, NOT_RUN
System.err.println("Before");
	String[] a = {
	"Passed.", 
        "Failed.", 
	"Completed--check results.",
	"Error.",
	"Not run."};
	texts = a;
	// System.gc();
System.err.println("after");
System.err.println("a.length " + a.length);
System.err.println("a = " + a);
System.err.println("texts.length = " + texts.length);
System.err.println("texts = " + texts);
    };

    public static void main(String args[]) {
    }

}