JDK7 language specification issue with MethodHandle

[Joe Darcy]

Neal Gafter wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Rémi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr> wrote:
>
>   
>> You're right that these changes was first submitted to coin,
>> but it was latter decided that the only the syntax change implemented
>> in Java 7, invoking a method handle, will be done under JSR 292.
>>
>>     
>
> Can you please send me a pointer to the minutes for that JCP EC vote?  The
> public page for jsr292 doesn't give any evidence that the EC accepted the
> expansion of jsr292's scope beyond VM specification changes.
>
>   

The JCP SE/EE executive committee voted to approve the JSR 336 public review

    http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/results?id=5207

and the JSR 336 public review describes JSR 292 as including Java 
language changes.

-Joe