Static import of member of class in same unnamed package fails

Question

I think I found a bug in the JDK 1.5 (Tiger) javac compiler. It involves static import and unnamed packages.
Consider the following compilation unit:
import static D.x;
class C {
    int foo() { return x; }
class D {
    static final int x = 1;
}Running javac from the Tiger beta 2 SDK generates the following output:
Test.java:1: cannot find symbol
symbol: class D
import static D.x;
              ^
Test.java:1: static import only from classes and interfaces
import static D.x;
^
Test.java:4: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable x
location: class C
    int foo() { return x; }
                       ^
3 errorsIn my opinion, this is a bug. This compilation unit should compile without errors.
Note that the following compilation unit compiles without errors with Tiger beta 2:
package p;
import static p.D.x;
class C {
    int foo() { return x; }
class D {
    static final int x = 1;
}Note that this issue is distinct from the issue of importing a class from an unnamed package into a named package. I totally agree that the latter is not allowed. However, the current issue is a different matter, since here I am importing members from the same package (which happens to be an unnamed package).

Answer 1

The unnamed package feature is deprecated. Even if this is a bug (which I sort of doubt), this may never be fixed.