RFR: 8324433: Introduce a way to determine if an expression is evaluated as a constant by the Jit compiler [v5]

[Quan Anh Mai]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:40:52 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Quan Anh Mai has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   ident
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> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/misc/JitCompiler.java line 119:
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>> 117:      * @see #isCompileConstant(boolean)
>> 118:      */
>> 119:     @IntrinsicCandidate
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> Note how the Java entry for MH intrinsic we have replaced had `@Hidden`. These methods should have `@Hidden` too then? Probably applies to other entries too.

I don't understand why this needs to be `@Hidden`, the javadoc says that a function annotated with `@Hidden` is omitted from the stacktraces. This function does not call anything so what is the point of hiding it?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17527#discussion_r1464081953