JDK 7 Features.

[Ismael Juma]

Hi all,

I am happy to see an initial plan for JDK 7 that includes features,
milestones and dates.

Mark suggested in his blog entry[1], that follow-ups should be directed
to this list. I suggest adding "Scalar replacement" as one of the new VM
features. It's already available in JDK 6 Update 14, but not enabled by
default (along with Compressed 64-bit object pointers and the G1
collector). I believe it's a major new feature and it can have a
substantial performance benefit[2].

Best,
Ismael

[1] http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/jdk7
[2]
http://blog.juma.me.uk/2008/12/17/objects-with-no-allocation-overhead/