Why is “throw null” not creating a compilation error in Java?

Question

class ThrowNull {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        throw null;
    }
}

We know that rule for throw is throw ThrowableInst

Answer 1

In generel, and not just throw. Any object variable can be assigned null. So we can see that throw is not a special case. Should it be? maybe. Is it consistent? Yes.