RFR: 8325805: Compiler Implementation for Flexible Constructor Bodies (Second Preview)

[Archie Cobbs]

On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 17:51:11 GMT, Archie Cobbs <acobbs at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This patch changes the compiler to allow constructors to make assignments to fields prior to the `super()` invocation, i.e., in the pre-construction context.  This is part of the work associated with [JDK-8325803 - Flexible Constructor Bodies (Second Preview)](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8325803).
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> This patch is based the relevant bits from @vicente-romero-oracle's commit [1b99b5cf](https://github.com/openjdk/valhalla/commit/1b99b5cfd9a5d484b9e7bdfc284daad9ad6535bf) to the valhalla repo.

Thanks for looking it over. When you think it's ready for prime time let me know and I'll convert it from draft.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18088#issuecomment-2015675135