dotty.tools.backend.jvm

This trait contains code shared between GenBCode and GenASM that depends on types defined in the compiler cake (Global).

The BTypes component defines The BType class hierarchy. BTypes encapsulates all type information that is required after building the ASM nodes. This includes optimizations, geneartion of InnerClass attributes and generation of stack map frames.

This representation is immutable and independent of the compiler data structures, hence it can be queried by concurrent threads.

This class mainly contains the method classBTypeFromSymbol, which extracts the necessary information from a symbol and its type to create the corresponding ClassBType. It requires access to the compiler (global parameter).

This component hosts tools and utilities used in the backend that require access to a BTypes instance.

Scala primitive operations are represented as methods in Any and AnyVal subclasses. Here we demultiplex them by providing a mapping from their symbols to integers. Different methods exist for different value types, but with the same meaning (like plus, minus, etc.). They will all be mapped to the same int.

Note: The three equal methods have the following semantics:

• "==" checks for null, and if non-null, calls java.lang.Object.equals (class: Any; modifier: final). Primitive: EQ
• "eq" usual reference comparison (class: AnyRef; modifier: final). Primitive: ID
• "equals" user-defined equality (Java semantics) (class: Object; modifier: none). Primitive: EQUALS

Inspired from the scalac compiler.

The result of code generation. isArtifact is true for mirror.

Implements late stages of the backend that don't depend on a Global instance, i.e., optimizations, post-processing and classfile serialization and writing.

Functionality needed in the post-processor whose implementation depends on the compiler frontend. All methods are synchronized.