On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:37:15 GMT, Joe Darcy <da...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> During the recent review of JDK-8228988, I noticed again the comments in the > annotation parser about support for the pre-GA annotation format used before > JDK 5.0 shipped. During the development of annotations, there was a late > change to correct a flaw in the annotation encoding, JDK-5020908. > > I don't think it is necessary to carry forward support for this transient > format any longer and this changeset removes support from both core > reflection and javac. > > Clean runs of relevant test; I gauge this fix as no-reg hard. PS CSR for the behavioral change: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8265608 ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3597
