RFR: 8015831: Add lint check for calling overridable methods from a constructor [v5]

[Archie L. Cobbs]

On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 14:23:47 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Archie L. Cobbs has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   Fix incorrect @bug numbers in unit tests.
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> src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Types.java line 2345:
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>> 2343:         if (!innerType.hasTag(CLASS) || !outerType.hasTag(CLASS))
>> 2344:             return false;
>> 2345:         innerType = erasure(innerType);
> 
> The javac way to write this would be either to compare types using `Types.isSameType` or to compare the underlying class symbols with == (as class symbols are shared across multiple type instances).

OK I'm glad you pointed that out because I'm a little unclear on the best way to do this bit.

Just to confirm, you are saying that this:

`if (erasure(type).equalsIgnoreMetadata(outerType)) {`

should be replaced with this?

`if (isSameType(type, outerType)) {`

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