Index: vm/vmcore/src/class_support/Class_File_Loader.cpp =================================================================== --- vm/vmcore/src/class_support/Class_File_Loader.cpp (revision 500956) +++ vm/vmcore/src/class_support/Class_File_Loader.cpp (working copy) @@ -374,8 +374,7 @@ ConstantPool& cp = clss->get_constant_pool(); unsigned cp_size = cp.get_size(); - char ctag = (char)tag; - switch(ctag) { + switch(tag) { case AVT_BOOLEAN: case AVT_BYTE: case AVT_SHORT: @@ -394,7 +393,7 @@ } read_len += 2; - switch (ctag) { + switch (tag) { case AVT_BOOLEAN: case AVT_BYTE: case AVT_SHORT: @@ -508,7 +507,7 @@ default: REPORT_FAILED_CLASS_FORMAT(clss, - "unrecognized annotation value tag : " << (ctag < 128) ? ctag : (int)ctag); + "unrecognized annotation value tag : " << (tag < 128) ? tag : (int)tag); return 0; }