[lworld] RFR: 8377451: [lworld] Add ValuePayload abstraction [v8]

[Stefan Karlsson]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:48:16 GMT, Coleen Phillimore <coleenp at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Debug builds uses a normal C++ switch construct but release builds use an ad-hoc dispatch table instead. That dispatch table doesn't work without this fix, and this caused release versions of zero to not even build.
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> The thing that I was asking about was why it was separated to one bytecode per line, and why can't the new bytecodes be added in the existing formatting.

Ahh, that wasn't clear from the context.

That was my fault. I was questioning the benefit of the current layout and thought that it was quite hostile to updates like the one we need for Valhalla. I don't mind if we revert to the old style, given that I will likely not be reading or poking at this code.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2068#discussion_r2802869092