Changes regarding the handling of <clinit> in Java 9

[Volker Simonis]

Thanks!

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Alex Buckley <alex.buckley at oracle.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
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