if (VM.VerifyAssertions) VM.assert(val[0] == 'L');
if (VM.VerifyAssertions) VM._assert(val[0] == 'L');
  public final String classNameFromDescriptor() {    if (VM.VerifyAssertions) VM.assert(val[0] == 'L'); // !!TODO: should we also handle "array" type descriptors?    // return new String(val,    1, val.length - 2).replace('/','.');  // preferred (unicode)    return new String(val, 0, 1, val.length - 2).replace('/','.');  // deprecated (ascii)  }