RFR 8055008: Clean up code that saves the previous versions of redefined classes

Coleen Phillimore coleen.phillimore at oracle.com
Wed Aug 20 20:01:41 UTC 2014


On 8/20/14, 3:49 PM, serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com wrote:
>>
>> If an EMCP method is not running, should we save it on a previous 
>> version list anyway so that we can make it obsolete if it's redefined 
>> and made obsolete?
>
> I hope, Dan will catch me if I'm wrong...
>
> I think, we should not.
> An EMCP method can not be made obsolete if it is not running.
>


It should be this way otherwise we'd have to hang onto things forever.

>
> BTW, I'm reviewing the webrev too, but probably it'd be better to 
> switch to updated webrev after it is ready.

Yes, this is a good idea.  I figured out why I made emcp methods 
obsolete, and I'm fixing that as well as Dan's comments.  Thanks!

Coleen

>
> Thanks,
> Serguei



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