On Wed, 1 Feb 2023 04:32:34 GMT, David Holmes <dhol...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> > My understanding is that eliding the StackMapTable attribute when there is 
> > no split-verifier is an optimization which can cause problems for 
> > agents/tools.
> 
> Sure we can keep the attribute, but I have to question why these agents/tools 
> are using something that is only present for the purposes of verification and 
> is not required to be present. Seems like we are encouraging buggy agent/tool 
> behaviour.

I see your point. Tools may need this attribute for similar purpose as the 
split-verifier. Your question is valid anyway.
In our case (testing purpose), we want to make sure we can reconstitute this 
attribute correctly.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12155

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