8139255: javac reports "cannot override" messages instead of "cannot hide" messages for static methods Summary: Improve clarity of javac messages by discriminating hiding scenerio from overriding Reviewed-by: mcimadamore, sadayapalam Contributed-by: srinivas.dama@oracle.com

8136419: Type annotations in initializers and lambda bodies not written to class file Reviewed-by: jlahoda

8142476: Call site initialization exception caused by LambdaConversionException: Invalid receiver type Summary: Incorrect handling of intersection typed receiver in method references results in call site initialization exception Reviewed-by: mcimadamore

8141508: java.lang.invoke.LambdaConversionException: Invalid receiver type Summary: Incorrect handling of intersection type parameter of functional interface descriptor results in call site initialization exception Reviewed-by: mcimadamore

8142467: Remove all references Flags.IPROXY Summary: Remove all references to flag bit IPROXY that has fallen into disuse. Reviewed-by: mcimadamore

8141613: Compiler fails to infer generic type Summary: Repeated capture of same expression leads to erroneous inference constraints Reviewed-by: vromero

8141639: Signatures in Lower could be made tighter by using JCExpression instead of JCTree Summary: Make signatures of Lower methods more specific Reviewed-by: jlahoda

8129740: Incorrect class file created when passing lambda in inner class constructor Summary: Lambda implementation method must be static when lambda is an argument to an explicit constructor call. Reviewed-by: mcimadamore, jlahoda

8138612: Do not retain declaration annotations on lambda formal parameters Reviewed-by: jlahoda

Added tag jdk9-b92 for changeset 27b563ba49e8