RFR: 8324433: Introduce a way to determine if an expression is evaluated as a constant by the Jit compiler [v5]

[Quan Anh Mai]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:03:43 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> That sounds like a better name for the class, although I think `jdk.internal.misc` is more suitable than `jdk.internal.vm`. Do you have any preference? Thanks.
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> +1 to `ConstantSupport`. I think `jdk.internal.vm` is a proper place for it. There is adjacent `jdk.internal.vm.vector.VectorSupport`, and whole `jdk.internal.vm.annotations` package is there too.
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> `jdk.internal.misc` sounds like a place for utility classes. `Unsafe` is a historical exception, I think.

I see, my main premise is that it is somewhat similar to `Unsafe` which turns out to be an exception :) Thanks a lot for your suggestions, I have updated the PR, also added `@Hidden` back.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17527#discussion_r1464707689