JDK-8005179 : Cleanup Resolve.AmbiguityError
  • Type: Sub-task
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: javac
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2012-12-18
  • Updated: 2014-04-25
  • Resolved: 2013-01-08
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JDK 8
8 b73Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8041663 - Sensitive dependence on location of nested interface
Description
There are two problems with ambiguity errors in javac:

*) if more than 2 ambiguous symbols are found, ambiguities are nested - leading to suboptimal performances

*) Signatures of ambiguous abstracts are merged on the fly instead of waiting until after overload resolution