Yes, primitive ^long and ^double hints can result in calling and returning
primitives in function invocation to avoid boxing. Otherwise, pretty much
everything is typed as Object from the JVM's perspective.
On Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 6:11:29 AM UTC-5, Nick Mudge wrote:
>
> I noticed the interface definitions in IFn.java that start out like this:
>
> static public interface L{long invokePrim();}
> static public interface D{double invokePrim();}
> static public interface OL{long invokePrim(Object arg0);}
> static public interface OD{double invokePrim(Object arg0);}
>
> Obviously these are about handing primitive arguments and return values. I
> am curious what/why they are used. Are these used for performance reasons
> with primitive values?
>
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