BlackHole

Added in 1.3.0

Kotlin |Java

@ExperimentalBlackHoleApi
object 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 functions
`external Unit`	`@FastNative consume(value: Any)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`external Unit`	`@CriticalNative consume(value: Boolean)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`external Unit`	`@CriticalNative consume(value: Byte)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`external Unit`	`@CriticalNative consume(value: Char)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`external Unit`	`@CriticalNative consume(value: Double)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`external Unit`	`@CriticalNative consume(value: Float)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`external Unit`	`@CriticalNative consume(value: Int)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`external Unit`	`@CriticalNative consume(value: Long)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`external Unit`	`@CriticalNative consume(value: Short)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.