ValueType.findConstructor

[Paul Sandoz]

Updated:

  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/valhalla/find-constructor/webrev/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/valhalla/find-constructor/webrev/>

Paul.

> On 26 Jun 2017, at 10:46, Paul Sandoz <Paul.Sandoz at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Maurizio,
> 
> It’s not naive, that code reflected a reduction on some hacking in an attempt to also explore construction with a default constructor (there is also a disconnect here between the VCC with a constructor and using vdefault with DVT). I think we should keep the constructor method and implement it as you suggest with a combinator. I’ll send out a simplified webrev.
> 
> Separately, in my enthusiasm i may be going down a rabbit hole regarding re-construction, arguably it’s not in the spirit of minimal. Still at some point i think we should explore this notion of a more extensible wither for value types (but it also seems application to ref/data classes too).
> 
> Paul.
> 
>> On 23 Jun 2017, at 16:31, Maurizio Cimadamore <maurizio.cimadamore at oracle.com> wrote:
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>> Maybe a naive question - but do you need method handle builder (and extra bytecode spinning) for constructor? Can't we combine the result of findConstructor on the boxed class with the vunbox MH?
>> 
>> Maurizio