RFR: 8015831: Add lint check for calling overridable methods from a constructor [v8]

[Vicente Romero]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:14:05 GMT, Archie L. Cobbs <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/ThisEscapeAnalyzer.java line 516:
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>>> 514:         Name name = TreeInfo.name(invoke.meth);
>>> 515:         if (name == names._super) {
>>> 516:             scanInitializers();
>> 
>> it seems like the code scan initializers every time it finds a super() invocation, I guess that this scanning could be done once per class
>
> Yes... I did it that way is so that it doesn't require any adaptation if/when JDK-8194743 ever gets implemented. And it keeps the code a little simpler in exchange for a little redundancy.
> 
> I'm happy to fix this if you think it is necessary though.

I'm OK either way we can revisit this later either as part of this PR or in a future one. I let it to your consideration

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11874