BlackHole

Added in 1.3.0

Kotlin |Java

@ExperimentalBlackHoleApi
public static class BlackHole

Function calls which can be used to prevent optimization of results.

Both the Kotlin compiler and R8 can remove code you intend to benchmark. To prevent this, pass the result to BlackHole.consume.

Summary

Public fields
`static @NonNull BlackHole`	`INSTANCE`

Public methods
`static final external void`	`@FastNative consume(@NonNull Object value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`@CriticalNative consume(boolean value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`@CriticalNative consume(byte value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`@CriticalNative consume(char value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`@CriticalNative consume(double value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`@CriticalNative consume(float value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`@CriticalNative consume(int value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`@CriticalNative consume(long value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`@CriticalNative consume(short value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.

Added in 1.3.0

public static @NonNull BlackHole INSTANCE