*** old/src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java	Wed Sep 11 15:00:33 2013
--- new/src/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandleImpl.java	Wed Sep 11 15:00:33 2013

*** 433,443 ****
--- 433,443 ----
              Class<?> src = lambdaType.parameterType(i);
              if (i == spreadArgPos) {
                  // Spread the array.
                  MethodHandle aload = MethodHandles.arrayElementGetter(spreadArgType);
                  Name array = names[argIndex];
!                 names[nameCursor++] = new Name(NF_checkSpreadArgument, array, spreadArgCount);
!                 names[nameCursor++] = new Name(NF.checkSpreadArgument, array, spreadArgCount);
                  for (int j = 0; j < spreadArgCount; i++, j++) {
                      indexes[i] = nameCursor;
                      names[nameCursor++] = new Name(aload, array, j);
                  }
              } else if (i < indexes.length) {

*** 478,497 ****
--- 478,503 ----
          if (RAISE_RANDOM_EXCEPTIONS)
              throw newIllegalArgumentException("Array is not of length "+n);
          throw new WrongMethodTypeException("Array is not of length "+n);
      }
  
      private static final NamedFunction NF_checkSpreadArgument;
+     /**
+      * Pre-initialized NamedFunctions for bootstrapping purposes.
+      * Factored in an inner class to delay initialization until first usage.
+      */
+     private static class NF {
+         static final NamedFunction checkSpreadArgument;
          static {
              try {
!             NF_checkSpreadArgument = new NamedFunction(MethodHandleImpl.class
!                 checkSpreadArgument = new NamedFunction(MethodHandleImpl.class
                          .getDeclaredMethod("checkSpreadArgument", Object.class, int.class));
!             NF_checkSpreadArgument.resolve();
!                 checkSpreadArgument.resolve();
              } catch (ReflectiveOperationException ex) {
                  throw newInternalError(ex);
              }
          }
+     }
  
      /** Factory method:  Collect or filter selected argument(s). */
      static MethodHandle makeCollectArguments(MethodHandle target,
                  MethodHandle collector, int collectArgPos, boolean retainOriginalArgs) {
          MethodType targetType = target.type();          // (a..., c, [b...])=>r