RFR 8214719: Deprecate -Xverify:none option

[Remi Forax]

Hi Harold,
-noverify is very useful for debugging,
i use it either because i think that the verifier has an error (array covariance of value types is a recent example) or because i want to simulate in a test a class that will not be verified at runtime (by example an anonymous classes).

I see no problem to move it under the diagnostic flag but deprecate it (and then its removal) will make my life more painful.

Rémi

----- Mail original -----
> De: "Harold David Seigel" <harold.seigel at oracle.com>
> À: "hotspot-dev" <hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Envoyé: Mercredi 6 Février 2019 15:18:02
> Objet: RFR 8214719: Deprecate -Xverify:none option

> Hi,
> 
> Please review this change to deprecate the -Xverify:none and -noverify
> options in JDK-13.  The following warning message will be issued when
> these options are used:
> 
>      warning: Options -Xverify:none and -noverify were deprecated in
>    version 13.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
> 
> The options were removed from tests that no longer needed them or the
> options were changed as needed.
> 
> Open Webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8214719/webrev/index.html
> 
> JBS Bug:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214719
> 
> The fix was regression tested by running Mach5 tiers 1 and 2 tests and
> builds on Linux-x64, Windows, and Mac OS X, Mach5 tiers 3 -5 on
> Linux-x64, and by running JCK Lang and VM tests on Linux-x64.
> 
> Thanks, Harold