invokedynamic and error messages

[Jochen Theodorou]

Am 06.01.2012 17:22, schrieb 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.

I think the current message is shortened a bit too much, this one would 
have helped much more. If space is such a big requirement, then it can 
stay as it is of course. Regardless the unclear message I found the 
reason quite fast ;)

Which reminds me of a question though... why am I not allowed to use 
bindTo to bind a primitive?

bye Jochen

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