[PATCH] 4851444: Exposing sun.reflect.Reflection#getCallerClass as a public API in Java 8

[Alan Bateman]

On 02/09/2013 15:08, Jörn Huxhorn wrote:
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> Nick also explained a performance issue in Thread#getStackTrace() and Throwable#getStackTrace(). Keeping that in mind, I'm not sure if going for "start small" (i.e. leaving that issue alone) would be a wise decision.
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It was a non goal of JEP 176 to provide @CallerSensitive as a public 
API. So the suggestion to start out small was to leave that out and 
focus on some of the use-cases initially. I don't think this suggestion 
is unreasonable as it allows the less controversial part to move forward.

-Alan.