hg: valhalla/valhalla/langtools: Summary: Add an option -XDGenerateValueAsReference under which javac would treat value types as reference types for code generation purposes while treating them as value types for all other purposes (to allow for early user testing.)

[srikanth.adayapalam at oracle.com]

Changeset: 659f44b99b6c
Author:    sadayapalam
Date:      2016-01-22 16:25 +0530
URL:       http://hg.openjdk.java.net/valhalla/valhalla/langtools/rev/659f44b99b6c

Summary: Add an option -XDGenerateValueAsReference under which javac would treat value types as reference types for code generation purposes while treating them as value types for all other purposes (to allow for early user testing.)
Reviewed-by: mcimadamore

! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symbol.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Symtab.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Type.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Types.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/TypeEnter.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/ClassWriter.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Gen.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/jvm/Items.java
! src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/main/JavaCompiler.java
+ test/tools/javac/valhalla/values/GetFieldTest.java
+ test/tools/javac/valhalla/values/NestingTest.java
+ test/tools/javac/valhalla/values/NestingTest2.java
+ test/tools/javac/valhalla/values/SimpleTest.java