[lworld] RFR: 8345995: [lworld] Flat arrays need to be redesigned to support new flat layouts [v8]

[Frederic Parain]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:07:00 GMT, David Simms <dsimms at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Frederic Parain has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   Update copyrights year
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> src/hotspot/share/oops/flatArrayKlass.hpp line 50:
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>> 48:  public:
>> 49: 
>> 50:   FlatArrayKlass() {} // Why?
> 
> Nuke it

After investigation, it is used by CppVtableCloner<T>::initialize() to create the dummy instance. Comment has been updated.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1315#discussion_r1916979828