RFR: 8366178: Implement JEP 526: Lazy Constants (Second Preview) [v25]

[Per Minborg]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:02:05 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Per Minborg has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 112 commits:
>> 
>>  - Clarify toString spec
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into lazy-constants
>>  - Add @AOTSafeClassInitializer
>>  - Address comments in PR
>>  - Fix merge mistake
>>  - Merge master
>>  - Rework toString implementations
>>  - Update after doc comments
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into lazy-constants
>>  - Revert the AbstractMap.keySet @Stable annotation
>>  - ... and 102 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/76a1109d...1f439bec
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/LazyCollections.java line 66:
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>> 64:         // using `elements.length`.
>> 65:         @Stable
>> 66:         private final int size;
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> Is this really that important? What about the extra footprint added by the `int` field? We might have many instances of this class, but only one copy of the bytecode.

Hrrm. I wonder if the C2 compiler will end up producing equivalent code for the two variants? But there are merits to your argument.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27605#discussion_r2527753354