On 7 February 2013 07:32, Bruce Chapman <brucechap...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > Stephen, In your case(s) would the workaround fail to work if the bug was > fixed?
No. The workaround would handle the fixed implementation just fine. And all workarounds would ultimately be similar to mine. https://github.com/OpenGamma/OG-Platform/blob/master/projects/OG-Util/src/main/java/com/opengamma/util/JdkUtils.java#L26 > I guess if you take the "This is one of those unfortunate cases where a bug > can become a feature." approach to its logical conclusion then no bugs get > fixed because there are no bugs, just a nice online list of newly discovered > unexpected features. Thats the underlying part of the issue here that concerns me. Stephen
