static O call_withVarargs(O o, S method, O... args) ctex {
  if (o == null) null;
  
  if (o instanceof Class) {
    Class c = (Class) o;
    _MethodCache cache = callOpt_getCache(c);
    
    Method me = cache.findStaticMethod(method, args);
    if (me != null)
      ret invokeMethod(me, null, args);
      
    // try varargs
    L<Method> methods = cache.cache.get(method);
    if (methods != null) methodSearch: for (Method m : methods) {
      continue unless m.isVarArgs();
      continue unless isStaticMethod(m);
      O[] newArgs = massageArgsForVarArgsCall(m, args);
      if (newArgs != null)
        ret invokeMethod(m, null, newArgs);
    }
    
    fail("Method " + c.getName() + "." + method + "(" + joinWithComma(classNames(args)) + ") not found");
  } else {
    Class c = o.getClass();
    _MethodCache cache = callOpt_getCache(c);

    Method me = cache.findMethod(method, args);
    if (me != null)
      ret invokeMethod(me, o, args);
      
    // try varargs
    L<Method> methods = cache.cache.get(method);
    if (methods != null) methodSearch: for (Method m : methods) {
      continue unless m.isVarArgs();
      O[] newArgs = massageArgsForVarArgsCall(m, args);
      if (newArgs != null)
        ret invokeMethod(m, o, newArgs);
    }
    
    fail("Method " + c.getName() + "." + method + "(" + joinWithComma(classNames(args)) + ") not found");
  }
}

Began life as a copy of #1018503