RFR: 8377895: Create sizeof_auto, to reduce narrowing conversions [v7]

[Kim Barrett]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:37:32 GMT, Albert Mingkun Yang <ayang at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Sorry @dean-long , but I'm not understanding what you are saying about the current
>> proposal or what your preferred thing might be.
>
> I think what Dean means that a function should be named by what it is/does, not what caller is/does.

See my reply to @theRealAph. This is *not* a general utility function.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29716#discussion_r2842729285