From angela_lin at ca.ibm.com  Thu Apr  7 22:06:35 2016
From: angela_lin at ca.ibm.com (Angela Lin)
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 18:06:35 -0400
Subject: Issues with binding layouts to memory
Message-ID: <201604072206.u37M6c5q024755@d03av02.boulder.ibm.com>


I've collected some thoughts about issues with binding layouts to memory in
this article:
https://developer.ibm.com/open/2016/04/06/binding-memory-layouts/

What are the perspectives of folks on this list?

- Angela

From atobia at ca.ibm.com  Mon Apr 11 18:19:50 2016
From: atobia at ca.ibm.com (Tobi Ajila)
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:19:50 -0400
Subject: Variable length arrays in Layouts
Message-ID: <201604111820.u3BIK0hJ030822@d03av01.boulder.ibm.com>



We have released an update to our Layout prototype which contains support
for variable length arrays (VLA) with layouts. This update allows one to
define a 'fixed header with repeating tail' VLA as specified in the VLA
spec document. The update also includes an example that demonstrates the
use of this feature. Currently, the prototype only supports VLAs with
Layout types but support for primitive types could be added in the future.


Prototype: https://github.com/J9Java/panama-layout-prototype

Example:
https://github.com/J9Java/panama-layout-prototype/tree/master/com.user.src/com/user/examples/variablelengtharray

Spec: http://j9java.github.io/panama-docs/VariableLengthArrays



Please share your thoughts.



Regards,

--Tobi