title: Why does this exceed the 65,535 byte limit in Java constructors and static Initializers?
body: <p><strong>Disclaimer: I realize I can generate this at runtime in Java, this was needed for a very special case while performance testing some code. I've found a different approach, so now this is just more of a curiosity than anything practical.</strong></p>
  
  <p>I've tried the following as a static field, as an instance field, and initialized directly within the constructor. Every time eclipse is informing me that either "The code of constructor TestData() is exceeding the 65535 bytes limit" or "The code for the static initializer is exceeding the 65535 bytes limit".</p>
  
  <p>There are 10,000 integers. If each int is 4 bytes (32bits), then would that not be 40,000 bytes? Is there really more that 25,0000 bytes of overhead in addition to the data just merely constructing the array?</p>
  
  <p>The data is generated with this small bit of python:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#!/usr/bin/python
  
  import random;
  print "public final int[] RANDOM_INTEGERS = new int[] {";
  for i in range(1,10000):
      print str(int(random.uniform(0,0x7fffffff))) + ",";
  print "};";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here's a small sample:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public final int[] RANDOM_INTEGERS = new int[] {
      963056418, 460816633, 1426956928, 1836901854, 334443802, 721185237, 488810483,
      1734703787, 1858674527, 112552804, 1467830977, 1533524842, 1140643114, 1452361499,
      716999590, 652029167, 1448309605, 1111915190, 1032718128, 1194366355, 112834025,
      419247979, 944166634, 205228045, 1920916263, 1102820742, 1504720637, 757008315,
      67604636, 1686232265, 597601176, 1090143513, 205960256, 1611222388, 1997832237,
      1429883982, 1693885243, 1987916675, 159802771, 1092244159, 1224816153, 1675311441,
      1873372604, 1787757434, 1347615328, 1868311855, 1401477617, 508641277, 1352501377,
      1442984254, 1468392589, 1059757519, 1898445041, 1368044543, 513517087, 99625132,
      1291863875, 654253390, 169170318, 2117466849, 1711924068, 564675178, 208741732,
      1095240821, 1993892374, 87422510, 1651783681, 1536657700, 1039420228, 674134447,
      1083424612, 2137469237, 1294104182, 964677542, 1506442822, 1521039575, 64073383,
      929517073, 206993014, 466196357, 1139633501, 1692533218, 1934476545, 2066226407,
      550646675, 624977767, 1494512072, 1230119126, 1956454185, 1321128794, 2099617717,
      //.... to 10,0000 instances
  </code></pre>