JEP proposed to target JDK 24: 450: Compact Object Headers (Experimental)

[Mark Reinhold]

2024/10/31 15:52:52 -0400, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 24:
> 
>   450: Compact Object Headers (Experimental)
>        https://openjdk.org/jeps/450
> 
>   Summary: Reduce the size of object headers in the HotSpot JVM from
>   between 96 and 128 bits down to 64 bits on 64-bit architectures.
>   This will reduce heap size, improve deployment density, and increase
>   data locality.
> 
> Feedback on this proposal from JDK Project Committers and Reviewers [1]
> is more than welcome, as are reasoned objections.  If no such objections
> are raised by 20:00 UTC on Thursday, 7 November, or if they’re raised
> and then satisfactorily answered, then per the JEP 2.0 process proposal
> [2] I’ll target this JEP to JDK 24.

Hearing no objections, I’ve targeted this JEP to JDK 24.

- Mark