Request for review (S): C2 should recognize "obj.getClass() == A.class" code pattern

[John Rose]

On Apr 25, 2012, at 6:32 PM, Krystal Mok wrote:

> Oops. I'm getting native NPE in CmpPNode::Ideal() with SPECjvm2008.
> Will investigate and post an updated patch later.

In the long run, those asserts will fire also.  (At least, such asserts usually do.  Compilers eventually explore all dark corners in the IR schema.)

I am mulling over some more comments along that line.  Basically, pattern-matching code has to "expect the unexpected".

— John