Gentle reminder. Paul.
> On 18 Oct 2016, at 11:41, Paul Sandoz <paul.san...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Please review: > > > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/jdk9/JDK-8163553-vh-mh-link-errors-not-wrapped/webrev/ > > This is the issue that motivated a change in the behaviour of indy wrapping > Errors in BootstrapMethodError, JDK-8166974. I plan to push this issue with > JDK-8166974 to hs, since they are related in behaviour even though there is > no direct dependency between the patches. > > > When invoking signature-polymorphic methods a similar but hardcoded dance > occurs, with an appeal to Java code, to link the call site. > > - MethodHandle.invoke/invokeExact (and the VH methods) would wrap all Errors > in LinkageError. Now they are passed through, thus an Error like ThreadDeath > is not wrapped. > > - MethodHandle.invoke/invokeExact/invokeBasic throw Throwable, and in certain > cases the Throwable is wrapped in an InternalError. In many other cases Error > and RuntimeException are propagated, which i think in general is the right > pattern, so i consistently applied that. > > - I updated StringConcatFactory to also pass through Errors and avoid unduly > wrapping StringConcatException in another instance of StringConcatException. > (LambdaMetafactory and associated classes required no changes.) > > Thanks, > Paul.
