Enhanced for loop compiling fine for JDK 8 but not 7

Question

Consider the following code snippet, I stumpled upon after some refactoring, when checkin why the build server reported a broken build but it was fine in my IDE:

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Answer 1

This compiled fine for me. I'm using the Java 8 JDK, on Netbeans, on a 64 bit machine (Windows 7).

I believe this is a localization issue related to your IDE or compiler. I used your exact example, the output being

false
true
false

There was a warning given, stating that it is possible, but not recommended to hide a field with a local variable.