On 2010.03.17., at 12:06, Christian Thalinger wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 11:54 +0100, Attila Szegedi wrote: >> Folks, >> >> just noticed something strange. Java SE 6 Update 18 Release Notes at >> <http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u18.html> list the following issues >> as being fixed for that release: >> >> 6655638 hotspot compiler2 dynamic languages need method >> handles >> 6655646 hotspot compiler2 dynamic languages need >> dynamically linked call sites >> >> What does this mean? Certainly it doesn't mean we suddenly got invokedynamic >> JVM support in Java 6, does it? > > No. As the release notes say: > > "6u18 includes version 16.0 of the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine." > > HotSpot Express is shipped with JDK 6 and 7 and that's why HotSpot > contains JSR 292 code. But the JDK does not.
Actually, that was exactly what I asked - I worded it carefully to say "JVM", not "JRE". So, the HotSpot JVM in there does ship with the JSR-292 bits, it's just that none of the java.dyn.* classes are in rt.jar, so the functionality is essentially dormant as there's no API entry point. Hm... how long before someone gets an idea? :-) Attila. > > -- Christian _______________________________________________ mlvm-dev mailing list mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev
