On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 23:20:02 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> A small optimization, when CompactStrings is turned off, the coder method is
>> not generated, which improves the startup performance
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/System.java line 2641:
>
>> 2639: }
>> 2640:
>> 2641: public byte stringInitCoder() {
>
> Why do we expose this as a coder instead of other ways, such as a `boolean
> hasCompactStrings()`? Are we going to use this coder elsewhere?
Because there is already another method `stringConcatInitialCoder`,
stringInitCoder is exposed to keep it consistent with the current code style as
much as possible.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20722#discussion_r1746316064
