MethodHandle.invoke* should only work with source 1.7

[Rémi Forax]

On 02/11/2011 12:20 AM, Attila Szegedi wrote:
> I was actually doing this until yesterday for compiling the dynalink framework, and while the 1.6 javac did give me a warning and suggested I need a newer version of the compiler, it didn't stop with an error. When those classes were then loaded in an OpenJDK JVM, they nicely passed all tests. So funnily enough, I was able to work on it with the 1.6 compiler :-)
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> Of course, in my code, I never have actual invokedynamic call sites in the bytecode, it's all about direct MethodHandle manipulation.
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> Attila.
>

You are not alone.
I don't want to denounce someone but I know a ruby guy ( :) ) that also 
generate 1.6 classfile.

Rémi