difference btwn "does not compile" and "complie time error"

hi, guys, this is a problem from Mock test of JonnHunt
What will be the result of compiling the following code:
public class Test {
public static void main (String args []) {
int age;
age = age + 1;
System.out.println("The age is " + age);
}
}
A.Compiles and runs with no output
B.Compiles and runs printing out The age is 1
C.Compiles but generates a runtime error
D.Does not compile
E.Compiles but generates a compile time error
could anybody tell me why the answer is D, not E?
thanks,
Lucy

Hi Lucy -
I'm guessing that E is a misleading answer, i.e., there's no such situation, so E can never be true.
Possibly the author means to say "The code compiles but generates a compile-time warning." I see this situation when I use deprecated methods -- there may be other situations that do this too, but that's a guess.
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hi,
u r using a local variable,i.so when u try to compile, it says variable i may not have been initialized.u have to initialize local variables explicitly.initialize age to 0 and it'll work.
whereas for class variables they r automatically intialized once declared(eg:int variable to 0,boolean to false etc).
arrays too r intialized once declared.
bye.
rahul.

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Maybe by "generating a compile time error" he means he means
"this will drive the compiler nutz ".
And it is possible. Try this out and see what happens.
<pre>
public class Outer{
public static class Inner{
public static int a = 1;
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println(new Outer().Inner.a);
}
}
</pre>
Cheers
Sahir
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