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[backport] Don't emit forwarder in mirror class for bridge methods
In 2.12.6 and before, the Scala compiler emits static forwarders for
bridge methods in top-level modules. These forwarders are emitted by
mistake, the filter to exclude bridges did not work as expected. These
bridge forwarders make the Java compiler on JDK 11 report ambiguity
errors when using static forwarders (scala/bug#11061).
PR scala#7035 fixed this for 2.12.7 by adding the `ACC_BRIDGE` flag to static
forwarders for bridges. We decided to keep these bridges for binary
compatibility.
However, the new flag causes the eclipse Java compiler (and apparently
also IntelliJ) to report ambiguity errors when using static forwarders
(scala/bug#11271).
In 2.13.x the Scala compiler no longer emits static forwarders for
bridges (PR scala#6531). This PR brings the same behavior to 2.12.8.
This change breaks binary compatibility. However, in the examples we
tested, the Java compiler emits references to the non-bridge methods,
so compiled code continues to work if a library is replaced by a new
version that doesn't have forwarders for bridges:
```
$> cat T.scala
class A[T] {
def get: T = ???
}
object T extends A[String] {
override def get: String = "hi"
}
$> ~/scala/scala-2.12.7/bin/scalac T.scala
```
Generates two forwarders in `T.class`
```
// access flags 0x49
public static bridge get()Ljava/lang/Object;
// access flags 0x9
public static get()Ljava/lang/String;
```
```
$> javac -version
javac 1.8.0_181
$> cat Test.java
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(T.get());
}
}
$> javac Test.java
```
Generates in Test.class
```
INVOKESTATIC T.get ()Ljava/lang/String;
```
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