Fwd: [8u] request for review: 8133659: Compiler fails to NullPointerException when calling super with Object<>()

[Vicente-Arturo Romero-Zaldivar]

approved,

Thanks,
Vicente
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> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	[8u] request for review: 8133659: Compiler fails to 
> NullPointerException when calling super with Object<>()
> Date: 	Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:54:19 +0100
> From: 	Maurizio Cimadamore <maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com>
> To: 	jdk8u-dev at openjdk.java.net >> "jdk8u-dev at openjdk.java.net" 
> <jdk8u-dev at openjdk.java.net>, Vicente-Arturo Romero-Zaldivar 
> <vicente.romero at oracle.com>
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> Whoops - wrong subject on email (that's what I get for using cut and
> paste :-))
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> Maurizio
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> On 17/08/15 12:03, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Please review the backport of bug:
> >
> > JDK-8133659: Compiler fails to NullPointerException when calling super
> > with Object<>()
> >
> > JDK9 bug:https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8065986
> > backport:https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8133659
> > original patch pushed to 9:
> >http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/dev/langtools/rev/caa3490d5aee
> > public review:http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mcimadamore/8133659/
> >
> > 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).
> > Changes are only superficial though.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Maurizio
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