Why does the super() not showing error though not given in first line?

Question

Why does the super keyword not showing error though not given in first line

Answer 1

It does for me:

class Superclass
{
}

class Subclass extends Superclass
{
    Subclass()
    {
        System.out.println();
        super();
    }
}

Compiling gives an error of:

Test.java:10: call to super must be first statement in constructor
        super();
             ^
1 error

Please show a similar short but complete program with it not giving an error. Note that I'm assuming you really have got super(); rather than, say, super.foo(); which is just a call to the superclass implementation of foo(); and can appear anywhere in a method or constructor.