RFR: 8333891: Method excluded with directive is not compiled after removal of directive

[Damon Fenacci]

On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 20:39:43 GMT, Evgeny Astigeevich <eastigeevich at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @eastig are you still working on this? Do you want to reopen it?
>
> Hi @dafedafe,
> IMO as the fix is not simple it might not be worth to merge.  The fix uses method flags.
> I have not seen compiler directives are used a lot, especially the case: add a directive and remove the directive.
> This can be waste of method flags.
> This PR got linked to the JBS issue. When more users complain of the issue, we can reconsider the fix.

You're right: the use-case seems quite a peculiar one. Thanks anyway @eastig.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19637#issuecomment-2325812710