JDK-8004099 : Bad compiler diagnostic generated when poly expression is passed to non-existent method
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2012-11-28
  • Updated: 2013-06-11
  • Resolved: 2012-12-17
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JDK 8
8 b71Fixed
Description
In some cases, deferred types are not formatted correctly in a method resolution diagnostic - this leads to strings like '<none>' being used in place of a more rich description of the poly expression.