RFR: 8376187: [VectorAPI] Define new lane type constants and pass them to intrinsic entries [v5]

[Jatin Bhateja]

On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 17:12:49 GMT, Paul Sandoz <psandoz at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Jatin Bhateja has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   Review comments resolution
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> src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/ByteVector.java line 580:
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>> 578:     public static ByteVector zero(VectorSpecies<Byte> species) {
>> 579:         ByteSpecies vsp = (ByteSpecies) species;
>> 580:         return VectorSupport.fromBitsCoerced(vsp.vectorType(), vsp.laneTypeOrdinal(), species.length(),
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> You can now use `LANE_TYPE_ORDINAL` rather than `vsp.laneTypeOrdinal()`, which better fits the prior pattern.

Done

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29481#discussion_r2753281411