RFR: 8278384: Bytecodes::result_type() for arraylength returns T_VOID instead of T_INT

[David Holmes]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:39:18 GMT, Harold Seigel <hseigel at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this small change to specify T_INT instead of T_VOID as the return type for the arraylength bytecode.  The fix was tested with Mach5 tiers 1-2 on Linux, Mac OS, and Windows, and Mach5 tiers 3-5 on Linux x64.
> 
> Thanks, Harold

Fix looks fine but I have to wonder what the actual affect is? Shouldn't this wrong type have been detected somewhere or caused an error ??

Thanks,
David

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Marked as reviewed by dholmes (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6863