* Alessio Stalla [2010-09-30 13:28] writes: >> I guess you could avoid reflection if you generate a custom bootstrap >> method for each callsite. Hmm.. probably just as clumsy as reflection. > > Yeah, clumsy and suffering from code bloat - I'm already disturbed to > have one static block registering the bootstrap method
I think with the new fancy constants you can put the bootstrap method(handle) in the constant pool and the invokedynamic instruction refers to the constant pool; no registering required. > for each class (i.e. per compiled function). I'd have much preferred > if bootstrap method registration were inheritable. Can't you put many lisp functions in one class file? At least for non-closure functions that seems possible. > But that aside, after all > reflection will only be used the very first time the callsite is > linked, so it shouldn't be much of a problem. Reflection is never cheap, at least according to folk wisdom. Helmut _______________________________________________ mlvm-dev mailing list mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev
