[GROOVY-5105] Avoid temporary bytecode variable on simple declaration assignments

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-beta-1
• Assignee: Cédric Champeau
• Reporter: Cédric Champeau
• Created: 27/Oct/11 08:01
• Updated: 24/Dec/11 03:08
• Resolved: 27/Oct/11 08:10

Description

The following code :

void m() { int i=0 }

will generate bytecode like this:

ICONST_0
ISTORE 1
ILOAD 1
ISTORE 2
ILOAD 2

although everything could "fit" into a single slot :

ICONST_0
ISTORE 1
ILOAD 1