On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 01:58:38 GMT, Stuart Marks <sma...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Joe Darcy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional >> commit since the last revision: >> >> Improve linkage for isSynethetic. > > src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java line 597: > >> 595: * <p>Bridge methods may also be used by Java compiler in other >> 596: * circumstances to span across difference in Java Language >> 597: * semantics and JVM semantics. > > If you decide to put less detail here, you could start with this statement. I > think the main point is that there are some semantic gaps between methods in > the Java language and in the JVM; bridge methods are necessary to "span" this > gap. You might simply list some examples without explaining them fully. > > Would this be "used by **a** Java compiler" or "used by **the** Java compiler? Imo "created" should be better. Is there any case where a java compiler accepts bridge methods generated? ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2852
