On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 08:34:41 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <sh...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> 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. `invokespecial` is used to call instance methods in a non‑virtual manner. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using `super.hashCode()` in `java.lang.Enum` produces the bytecode: aload_0; invokespecial java/lang/Object.hashCode:()I; ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13491#discussion_r1170358043
