Can't do assignments before calling "this" or "super"

[ysangkok]

Original code:

class Test {
    Test() {
        this(new Object());
    }
    Test(Object i) {
    }
}

Decompiled:

class Test {
    Test()
    {
        Object a = new Object();
        this(a);
    }

    Test(Object a)
    {
        super();
    }
}

Trying to compile:

 % javac Test.java 
Test.java:5: error: call to this must be first statement in constructor
        this(a);
            ^
1 error

[Storyyeller]

This is a known issue. Unfortunately, the limitations of Java mean that some patterns of bytecode can't reasonably be decompiled into valid Java. In these cases Krakatau will resort to pseduocode.