=== On 2015-03-31T15:09:56Z Nicolas Peru Wrote: \[~ann.campbell.2]could be nice to add a link or a quote from the jls : \http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-8.html#jls-8.9 ____ Nested enum types are implicitly static. It is permissible to explicitly declare a nested enum type to be static. ____ === On 2015-03-31T17:46:06Z Ann Campbell Wrote: \[~nicolas.peru] why would we quote the docs as saying it's permissible to do exactly what this rule says not to do? === On 2015-04-01T08:42:30Z Nicolas Peru Wrote: Then let's just keep the first part of the sentence : ____ Nested enum types are implicitly static. ____ point is to refer to the correct section of the JLS to let user know we did not invent this. === On 2015-04-01T17:06:42Z Ann Campbell Wrote: Done [~nicolas.peru]