On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:01:48 GMT, Pavel Rappo <pra...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> The problem is that `desc` is a raw type and raw types doesn't play well >> with the rest of the language (in particular with inference). >> >> I think it's a bug in javac, it should not even raise a warning but an error. >> But the spec is not fully clear. >> >> The spec says that the narrow conversion should not be unchecked >> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se15/preview/specs/patterns-instanceof-jls.html#jls-14.30.2 >> it depends if you consider the raw conversion as unchecked or not. > >> I think it's a bug in javac, it should not even raise a warning but an error. >> But the spec is not fully clear. > > If you think that it's a bug, consider providing feedback to authors of JEP > 394: > >> Other refinements may be incorporated based on further feedback. > > I find it hard to believe that authors didn't consider generic use case (even > though JEP 394 doesn't have examples of that). We have considered generics, that why parameterized generics with another type arguments are forbidden, but i think we have forgotten raw types. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2913
