backport JDK-8130506 to 8 ?

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Rémi,

There's maybe 3 parts to this:

1. Is it conceptually reasonable to backport the fix
2. Is it a relatively easy backport (i.e. does the fix for 9 apply reasonably easily, or do we need a different fix, specific to 8)
3. Making it happen

If folk can weigh in on 1 and 2, and the answer to both questions is "yes", we can make 3 happen easily enough.

-- Jon



On 01/15/2016 12:03 PM, Remi Forax wrote:
> Hi guys,
> the code I use to demonstrate how to create your own dynamically typed language on top of the JVM now triggers JDK-8130506 [1] :(
> i think the bug could have appear last year but last year none of my students was using IntelliJ IDEA, so the bug stay hidden.
>
> I wonder if the corresponding patch could be backported to 8, or maybe Attila and me are the only one to call MethodHandle.invoke inside a lambda ?
>
> cheers,
> Rémi
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8130506