On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:42:54 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java line 1009: >> >>> 1007: private transient Object classData; // Set by VM >>> 1008: private transient Object[] signers; // Read by VM, mutable >>> 1009: private final transient char modifiers; // Set by the VM >> >> Why the change of type here? > > This is to improve the layout so the introduction of a boolean field does not > increase the size of a Class object. I changed modifiers to u2 so that we won't have an alignment gap with the bool isPrimitiveType flag. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23572#discussion_r1962060783
