RFR: 8376185: NoSuchFieldError thrown after a record with type annotation retransformed [v6]

[David Holmes]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:49:50 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Jean-Philippe Bempel has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   fix whitespaces
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> test/jdk/java/lang/instrument/RetransformRecordTypeAnn/TestRetransformRecord.java line 36:
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>> 34:  * @compile ../NamedBuffer.java
>> 35:  * @run driver RunAsmTools altered/MyRecord.jcod altered
>> 36:  * @compile MyRecord.java
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> It is always risky to assume stability in javac output, even with `--release` flag - javac can always have translation strategy improvements that bring in potentially unwanted changes to the resulting class files.
> 
> I recommend just having two versions of `MyRecord.jcod` so they are both stable, and it's easier for readers to notice their difference.

I don't think that should be a concern here, as long as the manual mods to the jcod could never be something javac would generate for the original Java source. Of course I still don't know exactly what those mods are so I'm still assuming.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29445#discussion_r2861715689