Possible javac bug around final and covariant overrides

[Richard Warburton]

Hi,

Thanks for clarifying. Most appreciated.

regards,

  Richard
On 27 Oct 2014 20:57, "Vicente-Arturo Romero-Zaldivar" <
vicente.romero at oracle.com> wrote:

>  On 10/27/2014 01:44 PM, Richard Warburton wrote:
>
>   Hi,
>
>  IMO this is a bug. I have filed
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8042785 to track it.
>>
>> Thanks for your report,
>>
>
>  Can I request a clarification for what's happened with this issue? It
> looks like the following has happened:
>
>  1. The reported bug was fixed
> 2. There was a the fix, caused a regression elsewhere.
> 3. The fix was deleted.
> 4. The bug was closed with a claim the bug was unverified.
>
>
> 5. a new bug (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8044734) was
> created as a follow-up
> 6. we are keeping track of this.
>
> Thanks,
> Vicente
>
>
>  Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something here, but if the fix was reverted
> then that means that the bug still remains an issue.
>
>  regards,
>
>    Richard Warburton
>
>    http://insightfullogic.com
>    @RichardWarburto <http://twitter.com/richardwarburto>
>
>
>
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