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 20:01:45 GMT, Paul Sandoz <psandoz 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 32:
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>> 30:  * Just-in-time-compiler-related queries
>> 31:  */
>> 32: public class JitCompiler {
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> An alternative name and location is `jdk.internal.vm.ConstantSupport` with initial class doc:
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> Defines methods to test if a value has been evaluated to a compile-time constant value by the HotSpot VM.

That sounds like a better name for the class, although I think `jdk.internal.misc` is more suitable than `jdk.internal.vm`. Do you have any preference? Thanks.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17527#discussion_r1464087772