RFR: JDK-8007373 Inet6Address serialization incompatibility

[Chris Hegarty]

On 2 Apr 2013, at 19:39, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:

> 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.

Thanks Alan,

-Chris