JDK-8217998: Remove method_type field associated with the appendix field of an indy or method handle call

Lois Foltan lois.foltan at oracle.com
Mon Feb 4 12:32:50 UTC 2019


Please review this change that removes the unused method_type field 
associated with the appendix field of an indy or method handle call.  
This is the first of a series of changes working towards JDK-8210685: 
Bootstrap method consolidation.

open webrev at: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lfoltan/bug_jdk8217998.1/webrev/
bug link: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8217998
co-contributors: Lois Foltan & John Rose

Testing: hs-tier1-4 & jdk-tier1-3 (all platforms), hs-tier5-8 (linux 
only), JCK vm & lang (linux only)

Thanks,
Lois


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