On Sep 11, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Jochen Theodorou wrote:

> if I remember correctly, then invokedynamic won't allow calls on null.

You do remember correctly; the EDR says:
> It makes no requirements on its receiver argument, except that it  
> be a non-null object reference.

But while prototyping the RI I saw no reason to forbid nulls in the  
HotSpot prototype, hence Charlie's experience.  I'm hoping that the  
other JVM vendors will feel the same, so we can lift the restriction.

-- John

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