RFR: 8244146: javac changes for JEP 306

Tue May 4 23:10:08 UTC 2021

On Sat, 1 May 2021 23:00:05 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

> 8244146: javac changes for JEP 306

I'd like to better understand what the future plan for VM treatment of the `ACC_STRICT` flag.  It would be nice to have a plan to eventually reclaim this flag.  Right now, it seems we're not setting the flag any more in the static compiler (and eliminating it from the reflective view?), but the VM still accepts the flag.  Is there a plan for eventually warning on, and then rejecting, and then repurposing this valuable real estate?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3831