static void fillJMenu(final JMenu m, O... x) {
  //ifdef fillJMenu_debug
  //print("fillJMenu " + m);
  //endifdef
  if (x == null) ret;
  for i over x: {
    O o = x[i], y = get(x, i+1);
    if (o instanceof L)
      fillJMenu(m, asArray((L) o));
    else if (isMenuSeparatorIndicator(o)) {
      if (menuItemCount(m) != 0) // auto-skip separator if at top
        m.addSeparator();
    }
    ifclass LiveValue
    else if (o instanceof LiveValue && o/LiveValue.getType() == S.class && isRunnableX(y)) {
      final LiveValue<S> lv = cast o;
      final JMenuItem mi = jmenuItem(or2(unCurlyBracket(lv!), "..."), y);
      bindLiveValueListenerToComponent(mi, lv, r {
        S s = lv!;
        if (isCurlyBracketed(s)) {
          setEnabled(mi, false);
          s = unCurlyBracket(s);
        } else
          setEnabled(mi, true);
        setText(mi, s);
        revalidate(m);
      });
      print("bound live value " + lv + " to menu item " + mi);
      m.add(mi);
      ++i;
    }
    endif
    else if (o instanceof S && isRunnableX(y)) {
      m.add(jmenuItem((S) o, y));
      ++i;
    } else if (o instanceof JMenuItem)
      m.add((JMenuItem) o); // "call" might use wrong method
    else if (o instanceof S || o instanceof Action || o instanceof Component)
      call(m, "add", o);
    else if (o == null && y instanceof Runnable)
      ++i; // text == null => disabled item
    else if (o != null)
      print("Unknown menu item: " + o);
  }
}

Began life as a copy of #1003659