RFR JDK-8016764: JVM does not prohibit invokespecial in c.f.v 51.0 that invokes default interface method in c.f.v 52.0

[Karen Kinnear]

Harold,

Looks great. Thank you so much for doing this and for the extra testing.

thanks,
Karen

On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:18 AM, harold seigel wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Please review this small fix for bug 8016764.  The change prevents class files of version 51 and lower from using invokespecial to call default interface methods that are in class files of version 52.
> 
> The fix was tested with the JCK Lang and VM tests, ute tests, and some of the tests listed in the bug.
> 
> Open webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8016764/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ehseigel/bug_8016764/>
> 
> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8016764
> 
> Thanks! Harold