About Question enthuware.ocpjp.v11.2.3655 :

[syzygy]

It should be noted, that the val-- after the inner class is also illegal, so if you just change the inner class to

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public int reduce(int mval) {
    return mval - val;
}

it still fails to compile

[admin]

Actually, val-- after the inner class is not illegal. Using val inside the inner class if there is val-- after the innerclass is illegal (because val wouldn't remain effectively final if you do val-- after the inner class).
Noted.
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