On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 04:49:46 GMT, ExE Boss <d...@openjdk.org> wrote: >> Saves the virtual call, makes for a simpler intrinsic path (no need to >> handle NPE and fold away, for example), since we know the super-class is >> already `java.lang.Object`. Unless I miss something else here... > > Shouldn’t `invokespecial` produce a non‑virtual call as well? > > And `this`/`super` can never be `null`.
`super.hashCode()` is a virtual call. `System.identityHashCode` is the static call. I don't understand where `invokespecial` enters the picture here. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13491#discussion_r1169690617
