Java 8 syntax change between b63 and b65

[David Holmes]

Hi Frank,

Probably best to confirm this on lambda-dev but I suspect that default 
method support introduced a bug in b63 that was fixed by b65.

David

On 30/01/2013 12:06 PM, Frank Ding wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I noticed there is a change in Java 8 between b63 and b65. The change
> can be illustrated by compiling following Issue class.
>
> public class Issue {
> interface Handler {
> public void handle();
> }
>
> interface Listener {
> public void listen();
> }
>
> Handler handlerImpl = new Handler() {
> public void listen(Object... obj) {
> // do nothing
> }
>
> @Override
> public void handle() {
> new Listener() {
>
> @Override
> public void listen() {
> listen(null);
> }
> };
> }
> };
> }
>
> With OpenJDK 8 b65, compilation goes well whereas b63 failed,
> complaining that
>
> Issue.java:22: error: method listen in class <anonymous Listener> cannot
> be applied to given types;
> listen(null);
> ^
> required: no arguments
> found: <null>
> reason: actual and formal argument lists differ in length
> 1 error
>
> Could anybody kindly take a look at it and point out what Oracle bug or
> feature has been built into b65 which is not available in b63? It would
> be very helpful.
>
> Best regards,
> Frank
>