RFR: 8236842: Surprising 'multiple elements' behaviour from getTypeElement when cross-compiling with --release [v2]

[Jan Lahoda]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:37:16 GMT, Vicente Romero <vromero at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Jan Lahoda has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Reflecting review comments - improving javadoc, avoid repeated search of modules that have already been searched.
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> I have also made some small edits to the CSR and added myself as reviewer

@vicente-romero-oracle thanks for the comments! I've updated the patch and CSR based on the comments.

> src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/model/JavacElements.java line 237:
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>> 235:                     return Optional.empty();
>> 236:                 } else {
>> 237:                     //not found, try another option
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> probably this else {} can be removed right?

It could be removed, but I added it intentionally to make it clear the "else" option has been considered, and is
intentional. I can remove it, if you strongly prefer, though.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/200