[vectorIntrinsics+mask] RFR: 8272745: VectorAPI: Vector/Mask type cleanup for masked vector intrinsics [v2]

[Paul Sandoz]

On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 09:55:16 GMT, Eric Liu <eliu at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Some of the VectorAPIs were inconsistent with their intrinsic
>> declarations, and some of the type arguments were not precise enough as
>> well. E.g., The return type of "unaryOp" should be a subtype of "Vector"
>> instead of an all-purpose "Object" [1][2].
>> 
>> The imprecise declarations and type arguments would not effect the
>> correctness but bring bad readability and make the code hard to
>> maintain. This patch is a cleanup for those mismatched declarations of
>> VectorAPIs.
>> 
>> [1] https://github.com/openjdk/panama-vector/blob/vectorIntrinsics%2Bmask/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/vm/vector/VectorSupport.java#L269
>> [2] https://github.com/openjdk/panama-vector/blob/vectorIntrinsics%2Bmask/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmIntrinsics.hpp#L812
>
> Eric Liu has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   more thorough cleanup
>   
>   Change-Id: I22387cb5ae843cbf61104c3e01003d8e89b311a2

Thanks for applying the patch.

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Marked as reviewed by psandoz (Committer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/panama-vector/pull/117