RFR: JDK-8282798 java.lang.runtime.Carrier [v17]

[ExE Boss]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:56:37 GMT, Jim Laskey <jlaskey at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> doesn't the compiler (either javac or hotspot) automatically do that?
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> Yes, the compilers handle this.  I did however switch to 
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>                     primitiveCount != 0 ? new long[(primitiveCount + 1) / LONG_SLOTS] : null;

> doesn't the compiler (either javac or hotspot) automatically do that?

Only for multiplication, because `-1 >> 1 == -1`, `-1 >>> 1 == Integer.MAX_VALUE`, and `-1 / 2 == 0`.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7744