hg: lambda/lambda/langtools: Bug fixes:

[Mark Mahieu]

On 11 November 2010 16:20, Maurizio Cimadamore <
maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com> wrote:

>  On 11/11/10 15:57, Mark Mahieu wrote:
>
> Hi Maurizio,
>
>  That seems to have fixed the bugs I encountered - nice one, thanks!
>
>  Also, I just remembered that I should still have some old jtreg tests I
> wrote for CICE a while back [1], some of which will probably apply to lambda
> after tweaking the syntax; I think the rules around SAM types, effectively
> final and even optional parameter types are sufficiently similar.  Would it
> be useful to you if I were to try them out against lambda at this point, or
> is it too early for such deliberate bug-hunting?
>
> Well, it's definitively a good idea to give your tests a try. It's a shame
> we don't have a proper bug database set up (handling incoming bugs through
> emails doesn't scale very well, as it relies a lot on the memory of the
> reader ;-) ). On the other hand, I think it's best if we wait a little bit
> more - as there are some additional changes that I'd like to make to
> target-type inference that are likely to change the space of compilable
> programs a little bit.
>
> Thanks again
> Maurizio
>
>
OK, cool - I'll wait until your changes are in.

Cheers,

Mark