RFR: 8315771: [JVMCI] Resolution of bootstrap methods with int[] static arguments

[Doug Simon]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2023 11:24:10 GMT, Sacha Coppey <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Currently, jdk.vm.ci.meta.ConstantPool.lookupBootstrapMethodInvocation does not support static arguments of type int[].
> 
> Supporting those static arguments allows to correctly lookup the BootstrapMethodInvocation of some DynamicConstant.
> 
> To lookup the constant at the index in the static arguments index list, an overloaded version of this method is required:
> 
> 
> /**
>  * Gets the constant pool index of the pool entry associated with the
>  * index in the static arguments list of a bootstrap method.
>  *
>  * @param index a constant pool index
>  * @return the constant pool index associated with the static argument
>  */
> int bootstrapArgumentIndexAt(int index)

src/jdk.internal.vm.ci/share/classes/jdk/vm/ci/meta/ConstantPool.java line 173:

> 171:     }
> 172: 
> 173:     /**

This is very confusing documentation. It's not clear what index or entry you are referring to each time you say "index". Please provide a concrete example.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15588#discussion_r1317172565