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Re:Impossible Java by Flowdalic on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @10:32AM (#13976841)
What if the call site does not use the returned value?
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Re:Impossible Java by masklinn on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @10:58AM (#13977098)
The bytecode encodes that information, the method identifier includes name, parameter types and return type.
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Re:Impossible Java by tokenizerrr on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @10:58AM (#13977089)
It's still present in the bytecode (since the VM has to know which method to call).
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