[8u] request for review: 8066974: Compiler doesn't infer method's generic type information in lambda body

[Vicente-Arturo Romero-Zaldivar]

approved,

Thanks,
Vicente

On 11/12/2015 05:54 AM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
> Hi,
> Please review the backport of bug:
>
> JDK-8066974: Compiler doesn't infer method's generic type information 
> in lambda body
>
> JDK9 bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8066974
> original patch pushed to 9: 
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/langtools/rev/c402b2856ed1
> public review: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mcimadamore/8066974/
>
> The 9 patch doesn't apply cleanly to 8u because of the changes around 
> the Kind.java class (which has been converted into an enum in 9), and 
> also because of the patch uses lambda expressions. Changes are 
> relatively superficial though.
>
> Thanks,
> Maurizio