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wide

Operation
Extend local variable index by additional bytes

wide
<opcode>
indexbyte1
indexbyte2

where <opcode> is one of iload, fload, aload, lload, dload, istore, fstore, astore, lstore, dstore, or ret

wide
iinc
indexbyte1
indexbyte2
constbyte1
constbyte2

Forms
wide = 196 (0xc4)

Stack
Same as modified instruction

Description
The wide instruction modifies the behavior of another instruction. It takes one of two formats, depending on the instruction being modified. The first form of the wide instruction modifies one of the instructions iload, fload, aload, lload, dload, istore, fstore, astore, lstore, dstore, or ret. The second form applies only to the iinc instruction.


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