invokedynamic and error messages

[John Rose]

On Jan 6, 2012, at 4:57 AM, Jochen Theodorou wrote:

> I see where it comes from, but "reusing" that instead of making a new if 
> is not really needed, is it?
> 
> Do people here agree this should be improved?

The javadoc for this throw is:
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the target does not have a
     *         leading parameter type that is a reference type

Therefore, I suppose the message could be, "The target does not have a leading parameter type that is a reference type".

The current message is supposed to be an abbreviation of that sentence.  Perhaps it is excessively optimized for space.

-- John
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