JDK-8029012: parameter_index for type annotation not updated after outer.this added

[Joel Borggrén-Franck]

Hi Werner,

FYI I just JDK-8065132 today. Sorry if you raised this concern back in March.

I think it is reasonable to backport both or none.

cheers
/Joel

> On 17 Nov 2014, at 20:34, Werner Dietl <wdietl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Compiler people,
> 
> I have a question about bug report:
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8029012
> 
> Which was pushed to JDK 9:
> 
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/langtools/rev/aa9b6165ab12
> 
> and is proposed for JDK 8u40.
> 
> I'm concerned that this change introduces a mismatch between the
> parameter index of a declaration annotation vs. a type annotation.
> The example in my comment from March 1st, 2014, in JDK 9 now produces
> a mismatching result for the two cases.
> 
> I'm not sure why this change should be pushed to 8u40, as it will make
> the behavior inconsistent for different Java 8 versions.
> In particular, I just found this new bug report:
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8065132
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to only backport to 8u40 once the parameter
> index for type and declaration annotations is consistent again?
> 
> Could somebody explain the rationale?
> 
> Thanks!
> cu, WMD.
> 
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