RFR (L) 8037210: Get rid of char-based descriptions 'J' of basic types

[Christian Thalinger]

On Apr 3, 2014, at 9:44 PM, John Rose <john.r.rose at oracle.com> wrote:

> On Apr 3, 2014, at 6:33 PM, Christian Thalinger <christian.thalinger at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>> Of course they are popular because these are the type names.  There is no type L; it’s an object.  I don’t understand why we have to use different names just because they are used in other namespaces.  This is not a C define.
> 
> They stand for JVM signatures as well as basic types.  The letters are signature letters.  Can we move on from this?

Sure.  Push it.

> 
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