RFR: 8318678: Vector access on heap MemorySegments only works for byte[] [v2]

[Chris Hegarty]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:17:25 GMT, Per Minborg <pminborg at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR proposes removing the restriction that only heap `MemorySegment` wrapping a `byte` array can be accessed by Vectors. Now any array type can be used provided the element alignment constraints are respected.
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> Per Minborg has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Allow unaligned array access

LGTM

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Marked as reviewed by chegar (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16360#pullrequestreview-1699260449