hotspot-compiler-dev Digest, Vol 145, Issue 95

[Andrew Dinn]

On 18/07/2019 15:35, Erik Österlund wrote:
> So yeah, I thought I'd just mention that there will be usecases where I
> will really care about C2 understanding interface types, because I
> intend to utilize that more than we previously have. So plus one to
> making C2 understand interface types reliably.
Hmm, I think the point John is making is that C2 cannot be made
understand interfaces reliably -- i.e. the problem is to do with the
nature of interfaces and how they operate in a type system not to do
with the nature of C2.

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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