RFR: JDK-8007373 Inet6Address serialization incompatibility

[Alan Bateman]

On 02/04/2013 13:42, Chris Hegarty wrote:
>
> I believe this option should work too. But it is really a trade off 
> between simplicity and the more complicated serialPersistentFields. 
> I'm ok with either.
>
> I just wanted to mention, that I inadvertently removed this field as 
> superfluous cleanup when fixing another bug. Whether the field exists 
> in the class, or just the serial form, does not impact on the original 
> fix. The problem is that this private field was never needed in the 
> first place, and also if added should have been transient.
Yes, it's a bit of a trade-off but I brought it up because I wasn't sure 
if it has been looked into. I'm okay with either approach.

-Alan