Equivalent .class fields should share the same symbol

[Jan Lahoda]

On 16.4.2018 19:31, B. Blaser wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> On 16 April 2018 at 17:02, Jan Lahoda <jan.lahoda at oracle.com> wrote:
>> Hi Bernard,
>>
>> There are two things I wonder about:
>> -can the key to the map be TypeSymbol? Basically "site.tsym" instead of "new
>> Types.UniqueType(site...)". To me that would feel simpler.
>
> I had the feeling that using 'site.tsym' might fail with arrays, but
> I'll check this.

You are probably right this won't work. Sorry, I didn't figure that out 
- I was checking primitives, and those seemed that could work.

>
>> -should there be a method in Symtab managing the map? Something like:
>> Symtab.getClassField(TypeSymbol tsym) {/*create the VarSymbol is needed*/}
>
> I'll take a look if you think it's worth adding a method for this.

I think it would be nicer than maintaining the map from another class, 
if possible/doable.

Thanks,
     Jan

>
>> Thanks,
>>      Jan
>
> Thanks,
> Bernard
>