diff graal/com.oracle.truffle.api/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/CompilerDirectives.java @ 9349:0fccad3ce40d

Introduce CompilerDirectives.Unsafe. Mark Frame.getArguments method as unsafe.
author Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas.wuerthinger@oracle.com>
date Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:04:11 +0200
parents 1188b7c42196
children ac8b195fd3aa
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--- a/graal/com.oracle.truffle.api/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/CompilerDirectives.java	Fri Apr 26 23:03:09 2013 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.truffle.api/src/com/oracle/truffle/api/CompilerDirectives.java	Sat Apr 27 00:04:11 2013 +0200
@@ -117,4 +117,13 @@
     @Target({ElementType.FIELD})
     public @interface CompilationFinal {
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Marks methods that are considered unsafe. Wrong usage of those methods can lead to unexpected
+     * behavior including a crash of the runtime. Therefore, special care should be taken.
+     */
+    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+    @Target({ElementType.METHOD})
+    public @interface Unsafe {
+    }
 }