Bug ID: JDK-8032360 javac, speculative attribution refactoring

JDK-8032360 : javac, speculative attribution refactoring

Type: Enhancement
Component: tools
Sub-Component: javac
Affected Version: 9

Priority: P3
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Duplicate

Submitted: 2014-01-20
Updated: 2015-08-03
Resolved: 2014-10-24

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JDK 9
9Resolved

Related Reports

Blocks :	JDK-8054569 - problem with type inference of generic exceptions
Blocks :	JDK-8048838 - type inference performance regression
Blocks :	JDK-8055984 - type inference exponential compilation performance
Blocks :	JDK-8059413 - javac crash during deferred attribution
Duplicate :	JDK-8051946 - JEP 215: Tiered Attribution for javac

Sub Tasks

JDK-8033442 :	javac, cache Infer.incorporationCache is misused - Resolved
JDK-8034127 :	javac provide debug oriented toString() methods to InferenceContext and UndetVar - Closed
JDK-8034143 :	javac, subclasses of Infer.IncorporationStep should implement the accepts() method - Closed
JDK-8035891 :	javac, rename method asFree() in InferenceContext to asUndetVar() which reflects better it's purpose - Closed

Description

This is an umbrella project for refactoring tasks in the mentioned areas. Refactoring here should take into account: 
- performance
- simplicity 
- documentation