RFR: jsr166 jdk9 integration wave 7

[Paul Sandoz]

> On 1 Jul 2016, at 00:53, Doug Lea <dl at cs.oswego.edu> wrote:
> 
> On 06/30/2016 10:08 AM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> Thanks, that’s interesting. I am uncertain if our 166 fellows will be
>> reluctant or not to pull in a dependency on jdk.internal.misc.SharedSecrets.
> 
> 
> Background: we are reluctant to rely on anything that makes sources impossible
> to use in (usually, upcoming versions of) Android. Which probably
> doesn't directly apply here.
> 
> But my main concern in this case is that we need better assurance
> that there are no possible start-up circularities, since we've already
> had some near-miss experiences with ThreadLocalRandom. Is there a
> solid argument?
> 

I suggest we spin this off from the main issue and investigate afterwards, i have logged an issue:

  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160710 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160710>

Paul.