RFR: 8291065: Creating a VarHandle for a static field triggers class initialization [v5]

[Mandy Chung]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 02:37:13 GMT, Chen Liang <liach at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I think we only need to initialize Parent without initializing Child in this case.
 
The bytecode behavior to access the field via `lookup.findStaticVarHandle(Child.class, "value", int[].class)` is `Child.value;`.  The class or interface that declared the resolved field is initialized per JVMS `getStatic` and `putStatic`.   So I think `Parent` is initialized but not `Child`.    @PaulSandoz can confirm.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13821#issuecomment-1574063904