For my information, would such a merge only reach jdk8? or would other jdk versions receive the merge?
Thanks for the newer FutureTask. > Yes. This (and some related cases) were not originally intended > supported usages, but someone pointed out last spring that the spec > did not rule them out. So it is now explicitly covered in revised > base sources, that have been running successfully for months > (including in Android builds). We usually let changes settle for > a while before merging into openJDK . This should be among the > next ones to merge in.
