8026049: (bf) Intrinsify ByteBuffer.put{Int, Double, Float, ...} methods

[Andrew Haley]

On 03/16/2015 03:49 PM, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
>  the experimental option, I don't see why it has to default to false 
> everywhere to be an experimental option.
> 
> But why not declare it in globals_arm.hpp as an experimental option so 
> that you don't need to add code for the other platforms to turn it back 
> off again?

I think we may be misunderstanding each other.  This code isn't an
ARM special.  It's set one way for x86 and ARM, the other way for PPC,
SPARC, and Zero.  There isn't a "default" that is really meaningful.

Andrew.