Thanks for the explanation, Chen.
I was confused by the javadoc on defineClass, as it states that references
would also be redirected during verification. I now see that class loads
during verification are irrelevant here. I was also unaware that the
receiver of field and method references were di
Hi Matias,
Since MethodHandles is a library API, I think we can discuss about this on
core-libs list.
About the self-reference replacement: as the spec says, it only happens to the
thisClass Class entry in the hidden class. That means if the class is
referenced in a method (such as a method's p
