RFR: 8172048: Re-examine use of AtomicReference in java.security.Policy

[Paul Sandoz]

> On 2 Jan 2017, at 03:25, Claes Redestad <claes.redestad at oracle.com> wrote:
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> <dropped security-libs>
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> Hi Peter,
> 
> agreed, it appears this assert could be replaced by a test - similar to what was already
> done for VarHandle.AccessMode[1] - which might increase robustness of early use of
> VarHandles and give our core reflection libraries the freedom to use VarHandles.
> 
> Paul?
> 

Agreed, i’ll replace the assert with a test:

  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172201 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172201>

Paul.

> /Claes
> 
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160439
>