RFR: 8314949: linux PPC64 Big Endian: Implementation of Foreign Function & Memory API [v3]

[Martin Doerr]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:33:08 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> I think it's worth it in order to have a cleaner contract for the shift ops, should we want to use them for anything else in the future, but also just to make them easier to understand for future readers.
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>> I agree that having a cleaner contract for the shift binding would prove useful in the long run. If we do that, we can also simplify the binding itself, as it would no longer need an input type?
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>> as it would no longer need an input type?
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> Yes. Then both shift ops would always operate on `long`.

I've changed it. Note that I need many more conversions because buffer load/store also use subtypes of `int`. Please take a look at my updated version (after commit number 5).

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15417#discussion_r1315032737