JDK-8230501: Class data support for hidden classes

[forax at univ-mlv.fr]

> De: "mandy chung" <mandy.chung at oracle.com>
> À: "Remi Forax" <forax at univ-mlv.fr>
> Cc: "John Rose" <john.r.rose at oracle.com>, "valhalla-dev"
> <valhalla-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Envoyé: Vendredi 13 Novembre 2020 23:18:36
> Objet: Re: JDK-8230501: Class data support for hidden classes

> On 11/13/20 2:02 PM, [ mailto:forax at univ-mlv.fr | forax at univ-mlv.fr ] wrote:

>> If the object is Constable, it already has a bytecode representation, so there
>> is no need to send it has a live object.
> Not for Class, MethodType, or MethodHandle referencing a hidden class or its
> members. No need for primitive values which is true.
yes, very true, but it's only one use case, being able to pass an arbitrary object helps many more. 

> Mandy

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