[7u4] Request for approval for CR: 7142667: Problems with the value passed to the 'classes' param of JavaCompiler.CompilationTask.getTask(...)

[Edvard Wendelin]

Approved.

Here is the link to the public bug system: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7142667

Cheers,
Edvard



On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Jim Holmlund wrote:

> Request for Backport of a JDK 8 fix into 7u4.
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> Bug description  :     http://monaco.us.oracle.com/detail.jsf?cr=7142667/7u4
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> The fix  is the same as in JDK 8:
>   JDK 8 changeset :   http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/langtools/rev/237198ef45f5
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> It is basically a one line fix that avoids an assert failure on illegal code so that a proper error msg can be generated instead.
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> The fix has passed the JDK 8 nightly tests.
> 
> jjh