On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 22:21:39 GMT, Archie L. Cobbs <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> > The fix overall looks fine, but I'm not seeing why you think it needs a 
> > CSR. It is just a bug fix.
> 
> I'm not sure if it does or not. According to the [CSR 
> FAQ](https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/csr/CSR+FAQs), _Behavioral 
> compatibility involves operational equivalence; with "the same" inputs, does 
> a program behave "the same way" before and after a change._
> 
> I've been dinged before for mere "bug fixes" without a CSR (see for example 
> #10856 which made the compiler behave more closely to the spec and was 
> eventually reverted because of it :) So, just being conservative I guess.
> 
> I'd be happy to be wrong. @jddarcy, your opinion?

Hmmm. I'm not an expert on Introspectors, but my impression is the behavior 
change is CSR-worthy. HTH

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13544#issuecomment-1517278847

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