RFR: 8311846: Resolve duplicate 'Thread' related symbols with JDK static linking

[Jiangli Zhou]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 08:58:29 GMT, Andrew Haley <aph at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > > > It seems that we may be converging on using hotspot namespace?
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> > > Based on previous discussions I had been expecting to see a JEP on this after last US summer. I was surprised to see this PR pop up in this form.
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> > Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification. I had an offline conversation with @iklam about the namespace and JEP topic during during last August JVM Language Summit. Based on the feedback from the conversion, it was not very clear if the namespace approach was broadly acceptable.
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> Using a default namespace for everything could have bad effects on debugging and other maintenance tools. it's unlikely to be a low-cost option. Perhaps it could be restricted to the static linking case, but that further complicates testing.

Thanks. Agreed to both points. It seems to add too much complexities if the namespace usage is restricted to static linking case only.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17456#issuecomment-1901043889