Minor. Removed TypeParameterDescriptor#getLowerBounds

core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/types/RawType.kt

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.TypeParameterDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.components.TypeUsage
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.renderer.CustomFlexibleRendering
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.renderer.DescriptorRenderer
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.builtIns
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.*
 
 object RawTypeTag : TypeCapability
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ internal object RawSubstitution : TypeSubstitution() {
         JavaTypeFlexibility.FLEXIBLE_UPPER_BOUND, JavaTypeFlexibility.INFLEXIBLE -> {
             if (!parameter.variance.allowsOutPosition)
                 // in T -> Comparable<Nothing>
-                TypeProjectionImpl(Variance.INVARIANT, parameter.lowerBounds.first())
+                TypeProjectionImpl(Variance.INVARIANT, parameter.builtIns.nothingType)
             else if (erasedUpperBound.constructor.parameters.isNotEmpty())
                 // T : Enum<E> -> out Enum<*>
                 TypeProjectionImpl(Variance.OUT_VARIANCE, erasedUpperBound)

core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/TypeParameterDescriptor.java

@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ public interface TypeParameterDescriptor extends ClassifierDescriptor {
     @NotNull
     List<KotlinType> getUpperBounds();
 
-    @NotNull
-    List<KotlinType> getLowerBounds();
-
     @NotNull
     @Override
     TypeConstructor getTypeConstructor();

core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/AbstractTypeParameterDescriptor.java

@@ -181,12 +181,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractTypeParameterDescriptor extends DeclarationDescrip
         return defaultType.invoke();
     }
 
-    @NotNull
-    @Override
-    public List<KotlinType> getLowerBounds() {
-        return Collections.singletonList(getBuiltIns(this).getNothingType());
-    }
-
     @NotNull
     @Override
     @Deprecated

core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/TypeUtils.java

@@ -304,15 +304,6 @@ public class TypeUtils {
         return result;
     }
 
-    public static boolean hasNullableLowerBound(@NotNull TypeParameterDescriptor typeParameterDescriptor) {
-        for (KotlinType bound : typeParameterDescriptor.getLowerBounds()) {
-            if (bound.isMarkedNullable()) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     /**
      * A work-around of the generic nullability problem in the type checker
      * Semantics should be the same as `!isSubtype(T, Any)`
@@ -343,8 +334,7 @@ public class TypeUtils {
         if (FlexibleTypesKt.isFlexible(type) && acceptsNullable(FlexibleTypesKt.flexibility(type).getUpperBound())) {
             return true;
         }
-        TypeParameterDescriptor typeParameterDescriptor = getTypeParameterDescriptorOrNull(type);
-        return typeParameterDescriptor != null && hasNullableLowerBound(typeParameterDescriptor);
+        return false;
     }
 
     public static boolean hasNullableSuperType(@NotNull KotlinType type) {