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[#1062] project: compiler priority: low category: bug
submitter assigned to status date submitted
Lex Martin fixed 2007-04-20 23:49:33.0
subject field versus method in Java code
code
// in Java:
class MethVsField 
{
  int three = 3;
  int three() 
  { 
    return 3;
  }
}

// in Scala:
object Test extends Application {
  println((new MethVsField).three)
}
what happened
methvsfield.scala:2: error: ambiguous reference to overloaded definition,
both method three in class MethVsField of type ()Int
and  variable three in class MethVsField of type Int
match expected type Any
  println((new MethVsField).three)
what expected The should access the field. First, otherwise there is no other way to access such a Java field. Second, if the expression makes sense exactly as it is written, then there is no need to entertain the idea of adding () to it.
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Changes of this bug report
Lex  edited on  2007-04-21 00:14:21.0
Martin  edited on  2007-07-19 17:19:50.0