On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 11:43:01 GMT, Coleen Phillimore <cole...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/hotspot/share/oops/instanceKlass.hpp line 924:
>>
>>> 922: // always an InstanceKlass (or nullptr)
>>> 923: InstanceKlass* super() const {
>>> 924: return (Klass::super() == nullptr) ? nullptr :
>>> InstanceKlass::cast(Klass::super());
>>
>> Is it better/simpler/cleaner to just do:
>>
>> return static_cast<InstanceKlass*>(Klass::super());
>>
>> ?
>
> I think the term is "hides" not "shadows". InstanceKlass::cast() is better -
> one additional check that super is always another InstanceKlass.
Do we still need java_super ?
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27037#discussion_r2315827420
