RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref

[Brent Christian]

On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:13:59 GMT, Viktor Klang <vklang at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java line 505:
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>>> 503:      * to return this reference even though the referent is still strongly
>>> 504:      * reachable. That is, before the referent has reached the expected
>>> 505:      * reachability level.
>> 
>> The wording here is kind of awkward. We could try to wordsmith it, but there is also the possibility that there are valid use cases for using enqueue(), which makes this caution seem misplaced. An alternative would simply be to omit this paragraph.
>
> Might be better to leave out the last sencence?

I'll take out the last sentence, and we can continue discussing whether to keep this note at all.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16644#discussion_r1411305306