[GROOVY-9218] Reduce the memory usage of `MethodIndex` instances

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-rc-1
• Assignee: Daniel Sun
• Reporter: Daniel Sun
• Created: 12/Aug/19 07:53
• Updated: 24/Nov/19 02:45
• Resolved: 12/Aug/19 08:34

Description

Make inner class `MethodIndex` `static` to reduce the memory usage of `MethodIndex` instances.

FYI. A static inner class does not keep an implicit reference to its enclosing instance. This prevents a common cause of memory leaks and uses less memory per instance of the class.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #988