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+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
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+ */
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @bug     6717241
+ * @summary some diagnostic argument is prematurely converted into a String object
+ * @author  Maurizio Cimadamore
+ * @compile/fail/ref=T6717241b.out -XDstdout -XDrawDiagnostics T6717241b.java
+ */
+
+class T6717241b {
+    void test() {
+        //this will generate a 'cant.resolve.location'
+        Object o = v;
+        //this will generate a 'cant.resolve.location.args'
+        m1(1, "");
+        //this will generate a 'cant.resolve.location.args.params'
+        T6717241b.<Integer,Double>m2(1, "");
+    }
+}