RFR: 8337980: Javac allows invocation of an inherited instance method from a static method [v2]

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 15:14:32 GMT, Archie Cobbs <acobbs at openjdk.org> wrote:

> OK now I understand your concern. This didn't occur to me before because I was assuming that `mergeAbstracts` did not modify any existing data. From a superficial look, that appears to be the case

This is indeed the case - the method doesn't change existing data. So we can call it multiple times. But it's a complex method doing some complex analysis to scan all the applicable abstract symbols and merge them into a new method. Doing all that work just to throw it a way - and then doing it all over again is a bit sad (but we can obviously live with that).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20533#issuecomment-2400172077