RFR(M): 8156915: introduce MethodHandle factory for array length

[Michael Haupt]

Hi Stanislav,

yes please, file and assign to me.

Best,

Michael

> Am 18.05.2016 um 12:52 schrieb stanislav lukyanov <stanislav.lukyanov at oracle.com>:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I've noticed that neither the new method nor its friends, arrayElementGetter and arrayElementSetter,
> discuss the invocation-time behavior.
> It seems important since there are exceptions to be documented.
> 
> I think the best way would be to make a connection between the methods and corresponding instructions,
> so as not to explain every NPE and, especially, ArrayStoreException in Javadoc.
> Probably no need to go deep in details on how, for example, arrayElementGetter(T) maps on 8 Taload instructions,
> but just give a basic notion of that.
> 
> WDYT? Should I file a separate RFE for that? (for arrayElementGetter/Setter? for all three?)
> 
> Thanks,
> Stanislav
> 
> On 18.05.2016 10:52, Michael Haupt wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> please review this change.
>> RFE: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156915
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mhaupt/8156915/webrev.00/
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
> 

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