BlackHole

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