[10] RFR 8186469 MethodHandle.invokeWithArguments jumbo-arity

[stanislav lukyanov]

On 25.08.2017 21:38, Paul Sandoz wrote:
>> On 25 Aug 2017, at 00:47, stanislav lukyanov <stanislav.lukyanov at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> On 24.08.2017 23:43, Paul Sandoz wrote:
>>>> On 23 Aug 2017, at 23:49, stanislav lukyanov <stanislav.lukyanov at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>> I still think that instead of debugging this spec and making sure that it behaves similarly to `asType`
>>>> it would be better to keep delegating to the implied `asType` and allow it not to throw IAE for too many parameters.
>>>>
>>> I actually prefer the explicit approach here, rather than re-purposing asType and by extension asVarargsCollector (“as if by asType but …”), but i do take your point (IIRC) that the specification of asVarargsCollector could duplicate some common specification text.
>> Yes, I guess duplicating the text would help to avoid inconsistencies.
>> Should I file an RFE (P5?) for synchronizing the texts of invokeWithArguments, asVaragsCollector and possibly asType?
>>
> Yes please, that would be useful. If you could suggest appropriate text even better :-)
>
> It might be best to add a section to the package html that can be linked to.
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Done - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8186830
Specific text is too hard at this time though :) - I'm not sure what 
would be the best way to approach the refactoring, i.e. which part goes 
where.
I added some thoughts to the comments though.

Thanks,
Stas