RFR: 8194743: Compiler implementation for Statements before super() [v7]

[Archie Cobbs]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 18:05:08 GMT, Vicente Romero <vromero at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Archie Cobbs has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 25 commits:
>> 
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into SuperInit
>>  - Fix mistake in previous merge commit 80ba6be4.
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into SuperInit
>>  - Rename unit test to be consistent with other feature exampless.
>>  - Update unit test after merged-in commit eaa80ad08.
>>  - Add unit tests with local class decl's prior to super().
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into SuperInit
>>  - Use @enablePreview in tests in preference to explicit command line flags.
>>  - Make "statements before super()" support a preview feature.
>>    
>>    Thanks to Jim Laskey for help with preview logic.
>>  - Small refactoring to avoid redundant test.
>>  - ... and 15 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/c0aa6bf4...a5f8cc5e
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> src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java line 1053:
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>> 1051: 
>> 1052:             // Is this method a constructor?
>> 1053:             boolean isConstructor = tree.name == names.init;
> 
> consider using TreeInfo::isConstructor instead, which is a more general approach. Valhalla could use another special name for constructors

Thanks. I fixed that example and a few others as well in c6cf80fc621.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13656#discussion_r1256331970