[External] : Re: Enhancing java.lang.constant for Valhalla

[Dan Heidinga]

> Which makes me ask ... if it really is a side channel, does it really go
> *in* the ClassDesc?

If it's not in the ClassDesc, then how do we communicate the side
channel to users - e.g. class file generators?

I recently rewatched your JVMLS talk from 2018 [1] where javac
converted the jl.constant version of the descriptions into an `ldc`.
Now none of that is in the language yet but if we drop the stars from
descriptors now, the info won't be available when/if that vision comes
to fruition.

--Dan

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSEjlLFCS3E&list=PLX8CzqL3ArzVnxC6PYxMlngEMv3W1pIkn&index=2&t=2s