.signature does not support wildcards or upper/lower bounds

[toddATavail]

Either the .signature directive does not support wildcards and upper/lower bounds or it uses non-standard syntax. A specific case that I want to work is:

Ljava/util/Set<Lcom/mcp/hammurabi/StateVariable<*>;>;

It produces this error:

assemble.py  C_Age.j
Krakatau  Copyright (C) 2012-16  Robert Grosse
This program is provided as open source under the GNU General Public License.
See LICENSE.TXT for more details.

Processing file C_Age.j, 1/1 remaining
C_Age.j:9:16: error: Unexpected token
    .signature Ljava/util/Set<Lcom/mcp/hammurabi/StateVariable<*>;>;
               ^                                                     
Total time 0.00103116035461

I have verified that it is actually objecting to the <*> syntax. If I remove it, then Krakatau happily produces a class file.

I have also verified that upper and lower bounds do not working using the JVM's + and - syntax. Here are the signatures of contrived summation methods that do not work:

(Ljava/util/Set<+Ljava/lang/Integer;>;)I (Ljava/util/Set<-Ljava/lang/Integer;>;)I

Krakatau rejects both of these with a similar error (Unexpected token). Again, I have verified that if I remove the +/-, then Krakatau happily produces a class file.

I can live without these features working for the time being, but it would certainly be nice to have proper support, as it will provide better interoperation with JVM tools.

[Storyyeller]

If you want to use special characters like that, you have to enclose it in quotes.

Look at the requirements for "word" here: https://github.com/Storyyeller/Krakatau/blob/master/Documentation/assembler.txt

[Storyyeller]

I changed the assembler syntax so you can now specify these signature values without using quotes. Try it and tell me what you think.

[toddATavail]

Very nice, thank you! I have verified that it works for my use cases.