On Apr 27, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Claes Redestad <claes.redes...@oracle.com> wrote: > Possibly a few bytes in static class footprint, sure. Maybe this is something > javac should optimize (javap on some trivial examples suggests this doesn't > happen) rather than trying to root out all suboptimal cases, especially since > there are bound to be a lot more code out there using similar patterns? >
While javac can and perhaps should be smarter in certain cases like this i am still supportive of this change in the JDK esp. so if it is something trivially detectable by IDEs; it's low-hanging fruit. Paul.
