If the preload() bit is tied to the ClassDesc, do we need to worry
about a bit mask in MethodTypeDesc? Isn't the MethodTypeDesc composed
of ClassDesc returnType and ClassDesc[] of parameters? I feel like
I'm missing some complexity here...
That's how the implementation happens to work, but conceptually, a
MethodType has N+1 descriptors and N pre-load bits. (Its convenient
that the the implementation works in terms of ClassDesc.)
Also, how would this affect ClassDesc::equals? Would LFoo and L*Foo be equal?
I think they'd have to be equal as they represent the same descriptor.
It's only the presence of side channel info - the star - that makes
them different and the difference is only in the "go and look"
behaviour. The VM will treat them as identical when dealing with
descriptor strings.
Which makes me ask ... if it really is a side channel, does it really go
*in* the ClassDesc?
