On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:16:01 GMT, Viktor Klang <vkl...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> @viktorklang-ora `@Stable` is not about how the field was set, but about the >> JIT observing a non-default value at compile time. If it observes a >> non-default value, it can treat it as a compile time constant. > > @DanHeidinga Great explanation, thank you! If Class had other fields smaller than `int`, would be consider making this something like `char` to save space (allowing all the sub-word fields to be compacted)? ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22652#discussion_r1943701237
