Usage of final keyword

[Sharon Miller]

Hello,
Here is a code snippet which I experimented with by compiling and executing. I would like to know if everyone is getting the same result.
What is the expected behavior of the following piece of code?

public class SCJPNotesEx {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    final int sl;
    System.out.println("final sl=");
  }
}

a) Compiler-time error
b) Code runs and prints the following
final sl=0
c) Code runs and prints the following
final sl=
d) None of the above
By just looking at the code, I thought it might be (a) but the answer turned out to be (c).
Perhaps someone could shed some light on this type of behavior. I checked the JLS but it didn't cover this scenario.
Thanks.
-Sharmila

[Brian Lugo]

Take a close look at the System.out.println statement.
It is:
System.out.println("final sl=");
and NOT
System.out.println("final sl=" + sl);
Also, try coding the example and check it out,
Brian
[ April 11, 2002: Message edited by: Brian Lugo ]

[Joshua Kueck]

Yeah.. this isn't a very fair question

[Sharon Miller]

HI,
My mistake. I should have paid attention to my own code.
Thanks.
-Sharmila