diff -r fd16c54261b3 -r 06bc494ca11e langtools/test/tools/javac/IllDefinedOrderOfInit.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 1997-1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 1227855
+ * @summary The order of initialization used to be inconsistent, depending
+ *          on whether a value was initialized to its default value.
+ * @author turnidge
+ *
+ * @compile IllDefinedOrderOfInit.java
+ * @run main IllDefinedOrderOfInit
+ */
+
+public class IllDefinedOrderOfInit {
+    int i = m();
+    int j = 0;
+    IllDefinedOrderOfInit() {
+        if (j != 0) {
+            throw new Error();
+        }
+    }
+    int m() { j = 5; return j++; }
+    static public void main(String args[]) {
+        new IllDefinedOrderOfInit();
+    }
+}