hg: lambda/lambda/langtools: Enhancement: add support for array constructor references

[Paul Benedict]

Maurizio,

I must have missed something in the development of the spec.
Primitives as a type parameter are new. Is it just for primitive
arrays?

Paul

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:13 AM,  <maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com> wrote:
> Changeset: 767ba50fb4b2
> Author:    mcimadamore
> Date:      2013-01-07 14:12 +0100
> URL:       http://hg.openjdk.java.net/lambda/lambda/langtools/rev/767ba50fb4b2
>
> Enhancement: add support for array constructor references
> Example:
>
> interface ArrayFactory<X> {
>     X make(int size); //descriptor must accept an 'int' parameter (array size)
> }
>
> ArrayFactory<int[][]> factory = int[][]::new;
> int[][] i_arr = factory.make(5);
>
> ! src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Check.java
> ! src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/LambdaToMethod.java
> ! src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/LegacyInfer.java
> ! src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Resolve.java
> ! src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/tree/JCTree.java
> + test/tools/javac/lambda/MethodReference59.java
> + test/tools/javac/lambda/MethodReference60.java
> + test/tools/javac/lambda/MethodReference60.out
>
>