RFR: 8282432: Optimize masked "test" Vector API with predicate feature [v2]

[Xiaohong Gong]

On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 17:40:13 GMT, Paul Sandoz <psandoz at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I guess the following: `mask.cast(IntVector.species(shape())` is more efficient than: `m.cast(vspecies().asIntegral()))` ?

Yeah, that's one point. Another main reason is `m.cast(vspecies().asIntegral()))`  cannot be handled well in the superclass due to the java generic issues.

Thanks for the reiview @PaulSandoz !

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7654