SuperDevMode sometimes puts member fields in __proto__ why is that ?

[stuckagain]

I've been trying out GWT 2.7 and SuperDevMode in combination with the SDBG eclipse plugin.

In the Chrome debugger I noticed that some fields are sometimes available under 'this' but sometimes they are available only in 'this.__proto__'. 

It seems that if I have a boolean field that is set to false that it does not appear in 'this' but under 'this.__proto__' and that I can not see it at all in the SDBG plugin. I filed a bug report on SDBG, but I am trying to figure out how this works in GWT SuperDevMode.

Another thing that takes getting used: list/map structures are not that easy to navigate anymore. I hope they found some way to make it easier to have some support to convert them to something readable in the debugger.

[Roberto Lublinerman]

In draft compile Java compile time constants are emitted in the prototype. This should be exactly static final fields of primitive or string type assigned at declaration.

This is the approach to compile time constants taken to implement Java semantics.

FWIW in optimized compiles other fields might be "upgraded" to compile time constants.

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[Ray Cromwell]

Static final fields on the prototype? I'm pretty sure these are
promoted to global in optimized mode. Perhaps you meant final
non-static fields? (which we should have an optimization for promoting
to static :) )

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[Roberto Lublinerman]

Yes,I meant (instance) final fields of primitive or string type initialized at declaration.

Compile time constants are propagated by the compiler in draft and optimized mode.

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[David]

In my case it is a boolean, but not final, the value does change. Is there an optimisation that removes the field when it is false ?

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