Function types versus arrays

[Neal Gafter]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:18 PM, John Rose <John.Rose at sun.com> wrote:
> Add an explicit casting conversion from FT to any function type.  It does a runtime check against some attribute query (e.g., MethodHandle.type).

Where will this attribute come from?  If the lambda appears inside a
generic method, the compiler cannot produce it statically.  And unless
generics are reified, it cannot be generated dynamically either.