[14]RFR: 8227439: Turn off AOT by default

[Gustavo Romero]

Hi,

On 07/19/2019 01:32 PM, Igor Ignatyev wrote:
> thanks for taking care of this and all the tests, appreciate that. As UseAOT used to be true by default, you should add to all places where AOTLibrary is used, e.g. in make/RunTests.gmk, and as it seems like an easy error (for our users) to make, I think we need to check that AOTLibrary has value only if UseAOT is true and generate an error at initialization time if it's not a case. this will help us and all the users to spot places where AOT was expected to kick in.

I just would like to understand better that decision.

JEP says (I assume since its beginning) that AOT was experimental,
but then it was turned on by default and now turned off by default.

Is it (turn it off by default on 14) only because AOT should always
be as experimental and turned off by default or it reflects some
shift on plans to support AOT in the future?

Thank you.

Best regards,
Gustavo