Fw: Changes to ct.sym in JDK 12

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Jay,

Check out the thread beginning here [1] from March of this year.

-- Jon

[1] 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/compiler-dev/2018-March/011736.html


On 12/18/2018 12:08 AM, Jayaprakash Artanareeswaran wrote:
> Thanks Jon!
>
> Can someone please point me to a document or bug where this is
> discussed or documented? I am particularly interested in knowing
> this file's structure, especially how older versions of classes
> are stored. I can gather some information by looking at the
> file's content, but would rather an official document to
> understand things better.
>
> Thanks,
> Jay
>
>
> > Jay,
> >
> > This is better discussed on compiler-dev.
>
> > It's about consistency, and better supporting the historical modular 
> > releases.
>
> -- Jon
>
> On 12/9/18 9:24 PM, Jayaprakash Artanareeswaran wrote:
> >/Hello experts, />>/I see that the ct.sym has been restructured in JDK 12. Specifically, I 
> am curious about the fact that even for non modular releases such as 7 
> and 8, I see the classes being placed inside their respective modules. />>/Is it just about consistency? Are the modules always ignored or is 
> there a scenario where the modular structure will be useful? />>/Sorry if this was discussed already, but I couldn't find much about 
> this particular change. />>/Regards, />/Jay/

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