On Fri, 13 May 2022 11:34:32 GMT, Jan Lahoda <jlah...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/MatchException.java line 58:
>> 
>>> 56:      * @param  message the detail message (which is saved for later 
>>> retrieval
>>> 57:      *         by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
>>> 58:      * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by 
>>> the
>> 
>> This looks odd - it seems like the sentence is like this:
>> 
>> `the cause ( foo ). (bar)`. E.g. the test in parenthesis exceeds the test 
>> outside parenthesis by a wide margin. I suggest both here and in the 
>> "message" @param to avoid the parenthesis and split the sentence instead. 
>> Examples:
>> 
>> 
>> * @param  message the detail message. The message is saved for later 
>> retrieval
>> *  by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
>> 
>> 
>> and
>> 
>> 
>> * @param cause the cause. The cause is saved for later retrieval by the
>> *  {@link #getCause()} method). A {@code null} value is
>> * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
>> * unknown.
>> 
>> 
>> Of course this is just an idea.
>
> I believe this text is taken form another exception in java.lang. If that 
> would be OK, I'd look at this in a followup/separate issue.

ok!

>> src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/comp/Attr.java line 1802:
>> 
>>> 1800:                                 unguarded &&
>>> 1801:                                 !patternType.isErroneous() &&
>>> 1802:                                 
>>> types.isSubtype(types.boxedTypeOrType(types.erasure(seltype)),
>> 
>> This seems to be a change compared to the previous code - e.g. handling of 
>> boxing in the switch target type. Is this code even exercised? The test 
>> "NotApplicableTypes" seems to rule the combination `switch (int) ... case 
>> Integer` out.
>
> Yes, `switch ("int") { case Integer i -> }` is not allowed. The intent of 
> `boxedTypeOrType` is to reduce follow-up errors, as `Integer i` will be 
> considered to be unconditional over `int`.

Good - I suspected it had to do with error recovery - but wanted to make sure I 
didn't miss anything.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8182

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