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Link: http://services.netbeans.org/synergy/client/app/index.html#/case/4978/suite/2015 hint is not provided with or without Split declaration hint selected
The hint is in the 'suggestions' category, which are all set to 'warning on current line'; it appears only if you move caret to the code line with the declaration with an initializer.