Reminder to update JVMS

[Alan Bateman]

On 06/05/2017 18:13, Stephan Herrmann wrote:

> I just happened to search for the specification of the class file
> representation of modules. I was quite surprised to find nothing in JVMS.
>
> Then I found:
> "The changes to the class-file chapter in support of module declarations
>  are not included in this draft of the JVMS; they will be included in
>  a future version of this specification."
>
> Makes me wonder, if this is still work in progress?
>
> Anyway, please don't forget :)
Are you able to use the "JPMS: Modules in the Java Language and JVM" 
(lang-vm.html) document? The second section is "Modules in the JVM" 
which provides the details on the binary form of a module declaration 
and also a summary of what will be updated in the JVMS.

I checked the lang-vm.html document in the JCP submission and it's the 
same version of the document (2017/2/23 15:27 -0800 [9d1c4ba194e3]) that 
is linked from the Project Jigsaw page. The class file changes matches 
the current EA downloads too. The updated `javap` in JDK 9 is probably 
useful to you as it can dissemble a module-info.class. Also its `-v` 
option should allow to quickly look at the Module* attributes and the 
constant pool.

-Alan