RFR: 8282191: Implementation of Foreign Function & Memory API (Preview) [v35]

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:15:32 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR contains the API and implementation changes for JEP-424 [1]. A more detailed description of such changes, to avoid repetitions during the review process, is included as a separate comment.
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>> [1] - https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/424
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> Maurizio Cimadamore has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Tweak Addressable javadoc

We've tweaked the support for looking up symbols in the standard libraries - `CLinker` used to implement `SymbolLookup`, now `CLinker` returns a "default lookup" instead. We've also greatly improved the javadoc of `SymbolLookup` - many thanks to Alex for the help! New javadoc here:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mcimadamore/8282191/v3/javadoc/java.base/module-summary.html

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7888