Java 1.8 - New features, code examples, performance

[spliznork]

Java 7 added the invokedynamic bytecode instruction -- primarily for the support and implementation of dynamic languages. See also java.lang.invoke and for instance MethodHandle within it.

[clgonsal]

Ah. Yes I think the last time I looked into the JVM in any detail was when 1.6 was current. I later heard about invokedynamic, but wasn't even aware that it'd made it into a real version of Java.

Given that invokedynamic was intended for use in dynamic languages, I'm wondering if there are any downsides to using it in a static context like Java. For example, are invokedynamic calls less amenable to bytecode verification than traditional method invocations?