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

[harold seigel]

Hi Keith,

Thanks for reviewing this.

Harold

On 8/28/2013 3:55 PM, Keith McGuigan wrote:
> Yeah looks fine to me too.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Karen Kinnear 
> <karen.kinnear at oracle.com <mailto:karen.kinnear at oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>     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/>
>     <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ehseigel/bug_8016764/>
>     >
>     > bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8016764
>     >
>     > Thanks! Harold
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> - Keith McGuigan <keith.mcguigan at alumni.unh.edu 
> <mailto:keith.mcguigan at alumni.unh.edu>>

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