RFR (14) 8235837: Memory access API refinements

[Andrew Haley]

On 1/16/20 2:51 PM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
> I think characterizing this specific instance as a case of "too late to
> change anything" is a tad harsh.

Sorry, I can be like that.  :-)

> The memory access API has been made available via an _incubating_
> module for precisely this reason - to make it more widely
> accessible, so that developers (like you!) could try it out (as
> we're well aware that not all the folks who might be interested in
> this API might not be on panama-dev) and report back on their
> experience. The API being incubating means that there's plenty of
> time to change and improve things, based on feedback - please do not
> assume that what we made available in JDK 14 is set in stone, as
> that's the opposite of what JEP 11 [1] is supposed to mean.

OK, I accept that.

>
> If you prefer to have this discussion in core-libs, feel free to do so -
> but I'd suggest to (1) keep panama-dev in CC and (2) start a new thread
> since the issue you raise has nothing to do with this RFR.

I'm over in panama-dev now.

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