On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 17:16:09 GMT, Mandy Chung <mch...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> > I think we only need to initialize Parent without initializing Child in > > this case. > > The bytecode behavior to access the field via > `lookup.findStaticVarHandle(Child.class, "value", int[].class)` is > `Child.value;`. The class or interface that declared the resolved field is > initialized per JVMS `getStatic` and `putStatic`. So I think `Parent` is > initialized but not `Child`. @PaulSandoz can confirm. Yes, confirmed (verified both with explicit field access, `Child.value`, and access using a direct method handle). ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13821#issuecomment-1574162809
