Bug 402831 - [1.8][compiler][internal] ReferenceExpression should not implement ReferenceContext.
Summary: [1.8][compiler][internal] ReferenceExpression should not implement ReferenceC...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Version: 4.3   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: BETA J8   Edit
Assignee: Srikanth Sankaran CLA
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Blocks: 380188
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Reported: 2013-03-10 04:55 EDT by Srikanth Sankaran CLA
Modified: 2013-03-10 04:59 EDT (History)
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Description Srikanth Sankaran CLA 2013-03-10 04:55:30 EDT 
BETA_JAVA8:

There is an abstraction/modeling problem in that ReferenceExpression
implements ReferenceContext (through its parent FunctionalExpression)
Only LambdaExpression needs to implement ReferenceContext to trap errors
and signal incompatibility during applicability check phase of overload
resolution.

ReferenceExpressions do not introduce a scope and their congruence with
the target type is limited to there being a single compile time declaration
with suitable return types and hence these need/should not implement ReferenceContext.

Patch will follow shortly.