I am studying the smali code from my decompiled apk. I am not used to this but I am getting the hang of it. I have now been stuck for some time at this line:
invoke-virtual/range {p1 .. p1}, Ljava/lang/String;->hashCode()I
Why is range used for String? I also know that p1 contains a String. Why is it not
invoke-virtual {p1}, Ljava/lang/String;->hashCode()I
The two instructions are equivalent. There's no particular reason to choose one over the other in this specific case.