C1 and @Stable array elements

[Paul Sandoz]

Hi,

Currently C1 does not support constant folding of array elements of an array held by a @Stable field.

How easy or hard would it be for C1 to support such constant folding?

Naively and intuitively, since C1 appears to constant fold an array length (i.e. it knows the array itself is stable or static final), it would in theory seem possible to extend that logic for array elements, such that if the referenced element value is not the default value, produce a constant holding the element value.

Paul.
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