[lworld] RFR: 8247569: [lworld] Align with spec for <vnew> methods

[David Simms]

On Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:01:57 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Merged javac and VM work together, includes VM support (JDK-8294224)
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MemberName.java line 527:
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>> 525:     }
>> 526:     /** Query whether this member is a constructor. */
>> 527:     boolean isConstructor(String name) {
> 
> `findConstructor` only finds `<init>`.  To get `<vnew>` method handle, it just uses `Lookup::findStatic` as it's a static method.   This `isConstructor` method would cause confusion.  I can clean this up as a follow-up.

Thank you

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/788