JDK-8004643 : Reduce javac space overhead introduced with compiler support for repeating annotations
Type:Bug
Component:tools
Sub-Component:javac
Affected Version:8
Priority:P3
Status:Resolved
Resolution:Fixed
Submitted:2012-12-06
Updated:2013-06-13
Resolved:2013-06-04
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Support for repeating annotations introduced some space overhead in javac. This lead to the docs build failure tracked in JDK-7195519 with an emergency fix.
We can and should reduce this space overhead.