About Question enthuware.ocajp.i.v7.2.1298 :

[ETS User]

Consider the following answer:

volatile int k;

This answer is only valid for instance variables (data members). It is not valid for local variables as (1) "there is never any need to mark
local variables volatile." -- (http://www.codemiles.com/java/java-vola ... t1406.html) and (2) NetBeans 7.3 Beta provides an error when volatile is used locally, "illegal start of expression".

Recommendation: reword so the test candidate will not consider this statement with local variables.

-- Robert

[admin]

The problem statement has been updated to specify that the declarations are within a class to avoid this confusion.

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