RFR: 8308645: Javadoc of FFM API needs to be refreshed [v6]

Mon Jun 12 15:00:13 UTC 2023

On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 10:29:07 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Maurizio Cimadamore has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 29 commits:
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>>  - Merge branch 'master' into javadoc_fixes
>>  - Fix issue with ArithmeticException not being wrapped in IAE for SequenceLayout::withElementCount
>>    Fix issue with IAE thrown instead of UOE for ValueLayout::arrayElementVarHandle
>>    Add apiNote to MemorySegment::address re. reachability
>>  - Missed a review comment
>>  - Use more `{@return}` tags
>>  - Address review comments
>>  - Fix wrong link in layout well-formedness doc
>>  - Improve javadoc on supported linker layouts
>>  - Tweak javadoc of MemorySegment::get/setUtf8String to deal with overflow
>>  - Merge branch 'master' into javadoc_fixes
>>  - Add overflow tests
>>  - ... and 19 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/01455a07...b59edd93
>
> Closing, as the review is complete and I have to rebase against the forked 21 repo. A similar PR will pop up soon :-)

@mcimadamore Is there a reason that this shouldn't be integrated into the mainline?? Absent a compelling reason, fixes should be integrated first into the mainline (for 22) and then backported to 21.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14098#issuecomment-1587513641