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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JDK 8
8 b94Fixed
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Description
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.
Comments
Lowered to P3 after discussions with Jon
29-04-2013