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    <font size="4"><font face="monospace">I like how this leans on the
        existing Transform abstraction -- and it is useful beyond just
        tracking -- it means existing transforms can be combined with
        generation if that is convenient.  <br>
        <br>
        If the user wants to chain some transforms together *and* wants
        to retain references to each element in the chain -- which they
        will probably want to do if there are multiple kinds of
        "trackers" here, such as tracking stack + tracking locals --
        then there is a little trickiness to setting the pipeline up
        right.  The user will have to do something like:<br>
        <br>
            withMethodBody(b -> { <br>
                StackTracker st = StackTracker.of();<br>
                LocalTracker lt = LocalTracker.of();<br>
                transforming(st.andThen(lt), cb -> { ... build here,
        can use st/lt ... });<br>
            });<br>
        <br>
        What's happening here is that the transforms are stateful, but
        the user is creating the transform instances directly, rather
        than through a factory, so they can retain references to them. 
        This is totally OK, as long as the user doesn't try to reuse the
        same StackTracker instance across multiple methods at the same
        time.  <br>
        <br>
        The spec for StackTracker and friends will probably need some
        extensive examples to guide users to the right idiom.  <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/26/2022 9:58 AM, Adam Sotona
      wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Based on
            various optiona how to expose the StackTracker through the
            Classfile API I’ve decided to refactor the proposal in:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk-sandbox/pull/34" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/openjdk/jdk-sandbox/pull/34</a>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Instead of
            embedded implementation and Classfile.Option here is a
            proposal to expose StackTracker as CodeTransform and
            implement CodeBuilder::transforming method:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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            <b>Builds</b></span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          <b><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><b><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><b><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><b><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><b><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><b><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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            <b>@param</b></span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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            <b>@param</b></span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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            <b>@return</b></span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          <span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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            <b>transforming</b>(CodeTransform transform,
            Consumer<CodeBuilder> handler) {<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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            resolved.startHandler().run();<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
            New",serif;color:black">    handler.accept(</span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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            resolved.endHandler().run();<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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          </span><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Courier
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Modified
            usage of the StackTracker is reflected in the
            StackTrackerTest:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Classfile.<span class="st0"><i>build</i></span>(ClassDesc.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="string"><span style="color:#1E9347">"Foo"</span></span><span style="color:black">), clb -><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">    clb.withMethodBody(</span><span class="string"><span style="color:#1E9347">"m"</span></span><span style="color:black">, MethodTypeDesc.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(ConstantDescs.</span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">CD_Void</span></i></span><span style="color:black">), 0, cob -> {<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">        </span><span class="literal"><span style="color:#336BDD">var</span></span><span style="color:black"> stackTracker = </span><span class="literal"><span style="color:#336BDD">new</span></span><span style="color:black"> StackTracker();<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">        cob.<b>transforming</b>(stackTracker, stcb -> {<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">            <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().get(), List.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>());<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">            stcb.aload(0);<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">            <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().get(), List.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">ReferenceType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">            stcb.lconst_0();<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">            <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().get(), List.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">LongType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">, </span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">ReferenceType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">            stcb.trying(tryb -> {<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().get(), List.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">LongType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">, </span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">ReferenceType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                tryb.iconst_1();<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().get(), List.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">IntType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">, </span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">LongType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">, </span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">ReferenceType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                tryb.ifThen(thb -> {<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                    <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().get(), List.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">LongType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">, </span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">ReferenceType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                    thb.constantInstruction(ClassDesc.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="string"><span style="color:#1E9347">"Phee"</span></span><span style="color:black">));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                    <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().get(), List.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">ReferenceType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">, </span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">LongType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">, </span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">ReferenceType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                    thb.athrow();<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                    <span class="st0"><i>assertFalse</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().isPresent());<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                });<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().get(), List.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">LongType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">, </span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">ReferenceType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                tryb.return_();<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                <span class="st0"><i>assertFalse</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().isPresent());<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">            }, catchb -> catchb.catching(ClassDesc.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="string"><span style="color:#1E9347">"Phee"</span></span><span style="color:black">), cb -> {<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().get(), List.<span class="st0"><i>of</i></span>(</span><span class="st1"><i><span style="color:#CE54B8">ReferenceType</span></i></span><span style="color:black">));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                cb.athrow();<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">                <span class="st0"><i>assertFalse</i></span>(stackTracker.stack().isPresent());<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">            }));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">        });<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">        <span class="st0"><i>assertTrue</i></span>(stackTracker.maxStackSize().isPresent());<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">        <span class="st0"><i>assertEquals</i></span>((</span><span class="literal"><span style="color:#336BDD">int</span></span><span style="color:black">)stackTracker.maxStackSize().get(), 4);<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <pre style="background:white"><span style="color:black">    }));<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Adam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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