Inline and methods with annotations

[Tom Rodriguez]

On Feb 17, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Ion Ionascu wrote:

> Hi,
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> I noticed in a previous email that somebody mentioned that it might be a good idea not to use annotations on method variables as they influence the length of the method, which influences the decision whether to inline the method or not.
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> So, I have the following curiosity: do method-level annotations also affect the "inline"-ability of a method?

They shouldn't.  They only reference values from the constant pool so they shouldn't effect the actual bytecodes generated, which is the only thing the JIT really cares about.

tom

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> Thank you,
> Ion Ionascu
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