On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 4:56 PM David Holmes <david.hol...@oracle.com> wrote: > > FYI.
I'm a bit curious about this: > To invoke private nestmate instance methods from code in the hidden class, > use invokevirtual or invokeinterface instead of invokespecial. Generated > bytecode that uses invokespecial to invoke a private nestmate instance method > will fail verification. invokespecial should only be used to invoke private > nestmate constructors. This seems pretty unusual. Don't we normally use invokespecial for private method invocations? What is the reasoning for this? -- - DML