Why do an upcall to Java? The conversions should be so simple that it
should be possible to handle them in the interpreter.

2010/9/12 John Rose <[email protected]>:
> 6939224: MethodHandle.invokeGeneric needs to perform the correct set of 
> conversions
>
> Until now, the HotSpot JVM has conflated invokeExact with invokeGeneric.  
> These changes, combined with forthcoming JDK runtime support changes, provide 
> a hook for the JVM to perform on-the-fly argument conversions in 
> invokeGeneric calls, as specified by the JSR 292 EG.
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jrose/6939224/webrev.00/
>
> This review is for the JDK parts, which (a) distinguishes correctly between 
> the two invocation modes, and (b) performs an upcall to Java code when 
> argument types need matching.
>
> -- John
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