RFR: 8292914: Drop the counter from lambda class names

Mandy Chung mchung at openjdk.org
Wed Feb 15 18:20:43 UTC 2023


On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:32:38 GMT, David M. Lloyd <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The class generated for lambda proxies is now defined as a hidden class. This means that the counter, which was used to ensure a unique class name and avoid clashes, is now redundant. In addition to performing redundant work, this also impacts build reproducibility for native image generators which might already have a strategy to cope with hidden classes but cannot cope with indeterminate definition order for lambda proxy classes.
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> This solves JDK-8292914 by making lambda proxy names always be stable without any configuration needed. This would also replace #10024.

While the counter is not strictly needed, it's very important for diagnosability.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12579


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