CONSTANT_Dynamic bootstrap signature restriction
    Daniel Heidinga 
    Daniel_Heidinga at ca.ibm.com
       
    Mon Mar  5 19:56:50 UTC 2018
    
    
  
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>In discussions about future directions for CONSTANT_Dynamic, we've
>decided it would be helpful to restrict the set of legal bootstrap
>signatures. The first parameter type would be required to be declared
>with type MethodHandles.Lookup.
Dan, can you expand on why this restriction is helpful? It helps when 
evaluating a specification to have the rationale for the changes - both
for the EG and the observers.
Thanks,
--Dan
    
    
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