RFR: JDK-8216558: Lookup.unreflectSetter(Field) fails to throw IllegalAccessException for final fields

[Adam Farley8]

Hiya Joe,

Response below,

Joe Darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com> wrote on 22/03/2019 17:05:33:

> From: Joe Darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com>
> To: Adam Farley8 <adam.farley at uk.ibm.com>
> Cc: core-libs-dev <core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net>, Mandy Chung 
> <mandy.chung at oracle.com>
> Date: 22/03/2019 17:06
> Subject: Re: RFR: JDK-8216558: Lookup.unreflectSetter(Field) fails 
> to throw IllegalAccessException for final fields
> 
> Hi Adam,
> On 3/22/2019 9:14 AM, Adam Farley8 wrote:
> Hi Joe, 
> 
> I was aware that webrevs should be versioned, though I didn't see 
> the value for small change sets like this one. 
> 
> You seem to think there is a value. Can you explain it to me?

> 
> The time of reviewers is valuable and should not be dissipated in 
> unnecessary attempts to determine what aspects of feedback have been
> acted upon.
> -Joe

Ah, that makes sense.

If I supplied a diff-of-diffs, would that help?

To show the difference between two diffs, I mean, so it's clear what I 
changed.

Best Regards

Adam Farley 
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