Changes regarding the handling of <clinit> in Java 9

[Alex Buckley]

Hi Volker,

JDK-8130682 is actioned in the draft Java SE 9 Edition of the JVMS, 
available imminently in the Public Review of JSR 379.

Alex

On 3/1/2017 9:42 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> JDK-8130682 "2.9: Clarify class and interface initialization methods"
> [1], which is marked as resolved, proposes some changes for how to
> handle non-compliant versions of '<clinit>' in class files. It
> actually makes the check for compliance stricter and mandates
> rejection of non-compliant versions with CFE. These changes have been
> implemented already in OpenJDK 9 with JDK-8139164 "JVM should throw
> ClassFormatError for non-void methods named <clinit>" [2].
>
> My question is, where I can find this (and other upcoming) changes in
> the Java Virtual Machine Specification for Java SE 9. I've looked
> trough all the Early Draft Review Specification documents provided by
> JSR 379 and 376 but couldn't find them.
>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Volker
>
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8130682
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8139164
>