@AlwaysInline String.length()

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Feature request

Please include the following information:

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When I graalify the Kotlin compiler, String.length isn't inlined. This is surprising because it's a trivial function. In my image, this function takes about 2% of profiled runtime.

Describe the solution you'd like.

@AlwaysInline String.length()

Describe who do you think will benefit the most.

Users of GraalVM apps

Describe alternatives you've considered.

Maybe there's something more clever? I'm not sure.

Additional context.

Profile:

When I try to add this feature myself, I get an error saying a substitution for the function already exists, which conflicts.

Express whether you'd like to help contributing this feature

Not really.