daniellansun commented on code in PR #2374:
URL: https://github.com/apache/groovy/pull/2374#discussion_r2750222960


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src/main/java/org/codehaus/groovy/vmplugin/v8/Selector.java:
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@@ -940,9 +941,18 @@ public void setGuards(Object receiver) {
                 }
             }
 
-            // handle constant metaclass and category changes
-            handle = switchPoint.guardWithTest(handle, fallback);
-            if (LOG_ENABLED) LOG.info("added switch point guard");
+            // Skip the global switchpoint guard by default.
+            // The switchpoint causes ALL call sites to fail when ANY 
metaclass changes.
+            // In Grails and similar frameworks with frequent metaclass 
changes, this causes
+            // massive guard failures and performance degradation.
+            // The other guards (metaclass identity, class receiver, category) 
should be
+            // sufficient, combined with cache invalidation on metaclass 
changes.
+            // 
+            // If you need strict metaclass change detection, set 
groovy.indy.switchpoint.guard=true
+            if (SystemUtil.getBooleanSafe("groovy.indy.switchpoint.guard")) {

Review Comment:
   How about extract 
`SystemUtil.getBooleanSafe("groovy.indy.switchpoint.guard")` to a constant?



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