RFR 8214807: Improve handling of very old class files

[Harold David Seigel]

Hi David,

Thanks for the reviews!

Harold

On 12/5/2018 5:40 PM, David Holmes wrote:
> Looks good!
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
> On 6/12/2018 4:36 am, Harold David Seigel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please review this fix for JDK-8214807.  The fix changes handling of 
>> very old class files to be similar to class files whose version is < 52.
>>
>> Open Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hseigel/bug_8214807/webrev/
>>
>> JBS Bug:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214807
>>
>> The fix was regression tested by running Mach5 tiers 1 and 2 tests 
>> and builds on Linux-x64, Windows, and Mac OS X, running tiers 3-5 
>> tests on Linux-x64, and by running JCK-12 API, Lang and VM tests on 
>> Linux-x64.
>>
>> Thanks, Harold
>>