u1 vs. u2 in JSR 308 classfile format
Michael Ernst
mernst at cs.washington.edu
Sat Dec 22 21:13:48 PST 2012
The JSR 308 class file format contains what seems like a rather haphazard
choices between u1 and u2, for values that we expect to be small as a rule:
type_parameter_target {
u1 type_parameter_index;
};
supertype_target {
u2 supertype_index;
};
type_parameter_bound_target {
u1 type_parameter_index;
u1 bound_index;
};
method_parameter_target {
u1 method_parameter_index;
};
throws_target {
u2 throws_type_index;
};
(By contrast, it's good to use u2 for indices into code, exception tables,
etc.)
Should all of these be made u1? This is a rather minor issue either way.
-Mike
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