Review request for OPENJDK6-35: backport of JDK-6650759 to openjdk6

[Andrew Haley]

On 06/23/2014 12:17 PM, Ivan Krylov wrote:

> please review the fix for OPENJDK6-35: backport of JDK-6650759 to openjdk6
> Inference of formal type parameter (unused in formal parameters) is not 
> performed
> 
> The changes are the same as for OpenJDK7 however hg import failed due to 
> differences in the context of code being changed.
> 
> bug https://java.net/jira/browse/OPENJDK6-35
> JDK bug : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8047379
> webrev http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ikrylov/openjdk6-bug35.langtools/
> 
> Testing: build on Windows (cross-platform code, should be ok for linux 
> too), all regression tests for javac - generics.


ISTR that we decided not to import that because it was too risky -
it broke some existing code (JBoss? Eclipse?) I can't remember.

Given that all JDK6 code has had to put up with this bug for so
long, unless you have a compelling argument, this should not go in.

Andrew.