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Subject: Re: "An unexpected error" when i run class with constructor
	creatingitself. (jdk1.5.0-p2)
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On 24/10/05, Manfred Riem <mriem@manorrock.org> wrote:
> This is a completely normal error. You are recursive constructing an obje=
ct
> in the constructor. This will always generate a StackOverflowError. Since
> you are not catching Errors the VM can have a default implementation that
> prints out a message (just like it does).

I think his point is that in jdk1.4.2-p7 it prints out the
StackOverflowError message as expected, but in jdk1.5.0-p2 it core
dumps.

- steve