8354893: [REDO BACKPORT] javac crashes while adding type annotations to the return type of a constructor (JDK-8320001)

[cushon]

This is a backport of JDK-8354893, which is a follow-up to JDK-8341779.

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 ⚠️ Dependency #4150 must be integrated first

Issue

• JDK-8354893: [REDO BACKPORT] javac crashes while adding type annotations to the return type of a constructor (JDK-8320001) (Bug - P2)

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[openjdk]

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[openjdk]

This backport pull request has now been updated with issue from the original commit.

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[cushon]

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