Can Java (JIT) inline recursive methods?

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  •  24-05-2021
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Question

The question says it all. I was taking a look at Can a recursive function be inline? so trying to correlate that to Java.

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Solution

Sort of. Tail-recursive methods can be fairly readily converted to loops. Otherwise, the JITC may inline several calls as a sort of "unrolling".

Depends on the phase of the moon and the day of the week, though -- lots of different factors affect the JITC's decisions.

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