[GROOVY-10952] Investigate JEP 309 CONSTANT_dynamic instruction

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: bytecode, Compiler
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Eric Milles
• Created: 25/Feb/23 16:19
• Updated: 25/Feb/23 16:19

Description

Java 11 (default target for Groovy 5) adds CONSTANT_dynamic instruction support: https://openjdk.org/jeps/309

Can this be used to benefit or replace @Lazy or some other Groovy constructs?

Further discussion can be found for "JEP 309" on google or here are some kotlin tickets:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-41244/JEP-309-Add-constant-dynamic-support-for-lazyinit-fields
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-51773/Consider-capability-to-declare-dynamic-constants-in-constant-pool-using-constant-dynamic-bytecode-instruction