Quick Optimization Question

Wed Mar 28 16:23:00 GMT 2007

>>>>> "Mohan" == Mohan Embar <gnustuff@thisiscool.com> writes:

Mohan> public static final byte[] FOO = new byte[] {....};
Mohan> ...will gcj know to translate FOO.length into
Mohan> a constant at compile time?
Nope.
There used to be code to do this in some situations but I think it was
removed.
My "invariant hoisting" pass has some of the machinery to fix this.
It just needs to be taught about new[]. However, getting this patch
in may be troublesome.
Tom