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Two objects are built field-by-field. Why does this pattern defeat V8's monomorphic inline cache optimization even though both objects end up with the same property names?

function makePoint(a, b, swap) { const p = {}; if (swap) { p.y = b; p.x = a; } else { p.x = a; p.y = b; } return p; } const p1 = makePoint(1, 2, false); const p2 = makePoint(1, 2, true);