Re: why doesn't this work? final assignments and switches

From: Roedy Green (see_at_mindprod.com)
Date: 04/18/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 02:15:30 GMT

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:46:18 -0400, xaos <xaos@aol.net> wrote or
quoted :

>case A0:
>// compiler complains:
>// constant expression required
>// but isn't A0 etc constant ?

switch cases want [values known at compile time. Yours are not known
until the class is instantiated.

try static final A0 = 0;

But if you are calling them A0, why not just say 0? 

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