RFR: 8271820: Implementation of JEP 416: Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handle [v13]

[Mandy Chung]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:10:50 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Mandy Chung has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Minor cleanup.  Improve javadoc in CallerSensitiveAdapter
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> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/reflect/MethodHandleAccessorFactory.java line 151:
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>> 149:             var setter = isReadOnly ? null : JLIA.unreflectField(field, true);
>> 150:             Class<?> type = field.getType();
>> 151:             if (type == Boolean.TYPE) {
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> dumb question: any reason why `boolean.class` (which is compiled to a LDC) is not used?

I only see `boolean.class` compiled to `getstatic Boolean.TYPE`.   Is there a javac flag to compile it to a LDC?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5027