RFR: JDK-8136893: Improve early java.lang.invoke infrastructure initialization

[Paul Sandoz]

> On 13 Oct 2015, at 13:26, Claes Redestad <claes.redestad at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> Thus it seems fixMethodType is not necessary. I think this is confirmed when looking at up calls to linkMethodHandleConstant and linkCallSite.
> 
> +1 - this should be a separate cleanup, though.
> 

Yes.


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>>> The reasoning is as follows: if callerClass.getClassLoader() is sufficient for resolving types that appear at the call site in a non-bootstrap callerClass, then bootstrap classloader should be sufficient to resolve types that appear at the call site in a bootstrap callerClass. Does anybody have any other opinion?
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>>> - sun.invoke.util.BytecodeDescriptor#parseMethod(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader) is only used from the newly introduced java.lang.invoke.MethodType#fromDescriptor
>>> 
>> Ok, i think you have things covered, thanks,
> 
> I believe you meant "Ship it!"? :-)
> 

Indeed!

Paul.