RFR (XXS) CR 8006997: ContendedPaddingWidth should be uintx

[David Holmes]

On 7/02/2013 5:52 PM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> On 02/07/2013 03:43 AM, David Holmes wrote:
>> I have to wonder whether leaving ContendedPaddingWidth as signed is not
>> the simplest thing to do as it may be impractical, if not impossible, to
>> get uniformity of the signed-ness of expressions across all platforms.
>
> Well, Vladimir I. suggested we booby-trap against negative values with
> guarantee(...). Will that be sufficient?

Sure - a number of flags get range checked.

David

> -Aleksey.
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