VM._assert(val.length > 1, "An array descriptor has at least two characters: " + this); VM._assert(val[0] == '[', "An array descriptor must start with '['; we got " + this);
VM._assert(val.length > 1, "An array descriptor has at least two characters"); VM._assert(val[0] == '[', "An array descriptor must start with '['");
  public final VM_Atom parseForArrayElementDescriptor() {    if (VM.VerifyAssertions) {      VM._assert(val.length > 1, 		 "An array descriptor has at least two characters: " + this);      VM._assert(val[0] == '[',		 "An array descriptor must start with '['; we got " + this);    }    return findOrCreate(val, 1, val.length - 1);  }