RFR: 8066694: Strange code in JavacParser.java

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:13:43 GMT, Andrey Turbanov <github.com+741251+turbanoff at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This code was introduced in main repository under https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8006775
> I checked original commit in `type-annotations/langtools` repository: https://hg.openjdk.java.net/type-annotations/type-annotations/langtools/rev/71f35e4b93a5
> Looks like it's not a merge problem.

I suspect this was originally a merge issue, in the work leading up to the integration of the JSR308 work.

src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/parser/JavacParser.java line 2397:

> 2395:                     elemtype = bracketsOptCont(elemtype, pos, maybeDimAnnos);
> 2396:                 } else {
> 2397:                     if (token.kind == RBRACKET) { // no dimension

I suggest keeping the comment, by moving it to line 2394

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Changes requested by jjg (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1852