RFR: 8295044: Implementation of Foreign Function and Memory API (Second Preview) [v6]

[Paul Sandoz]

On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 15:00:02 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR contains the API and implementation changes for JEP-434 [1]. A more detailed description of such changes, to avoid repetitions during the review process, is included as a separate comment.
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>> [1] - https://openjdk.org/jeps/434
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> Maurizio Cimadamore has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Make memory session a pure lifetime abstraction

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/foreign/MemoryLayout.java line 357:

> 355: 
> 356:     /**
> 357:      * Creates an access var handle that can be used to access a memory segment at the layout selected by the given layout path,

Suggestion:

     * Creates a var handle that can be used to access a memory segment at the layout selected by the given layout path,

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10872