RFR JDK-8182678: add javac and method handle support for mangled value class names in CONSTANT_ClassInfo

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

Thanks, pushed

Maurizio


On 22/06/17 17:38, Paul Sandoz wrote:
> +1
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> Paul.
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>> On 22 Jun 2017, at 07:31, Maurizio Cimadamore <maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> I've uploaded new webrevs; the first fixes an issue with ClassReader - which should return a symbol, not a type, when reading a value type signature inside a ClassInfo:
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>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mcimadamore/8182678_langtools_v2
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>> The second does a little tweak to the bytecode API to add stackmap support
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>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mcimadamore/8182678_jdk_v2
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>> I did a bit of tests with stackmaps and Qtypes and it looks ok. The fact that values are encoded as 'weird' ClassInfo simplifies things considerably, as most of the infrastructure just works.
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>> Maurizio