RFR: 8324433: Introduce a way to determine if an expression is evaluated as a constant by the Jit compiler [v3]

[Alan Bateman]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:18:43 GMT, Quan Anh Mai <qamai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi,
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>> This patch introduces `JitCompiler::isConstantExpression` which can be used to statically determine whether an expression has been constant-folded by the Jit compiler, leading to more constant-folding opportunities. For example, it can be used in `MemorySessionImpl::checkValidStateRaw` to eliminate the lifetime check on global sessions without imposing additional branches on other non-global sessions. This is inspired by `std::is_constant_evaluated` in C++.
>> 
>> Please kindly give your opinion as well as your reviews, thanks very much.
>
> Quan Anh Mai has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   add more overloads

Would it be possible to list further examples where this might be used? Asking because I'm wondering about the usability and maintainability of if-then-else code.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17527#issuecomment-1906362127