[concurrency-interest] Here's why Atomic*FieldReference access checking is broken

[Doug Lea]

On 10/08/2014 05:38 AM, Peter Levart wrote:
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> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~plevart/jdk9-dev/AtomicFieldUpdater.AccessChecks/AnonClassPerCclass/AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.java
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Paul Sandoz has been working on VarHandles (like MethodHandles)
for similar purposes. Possibly even the same purposes.
See his JavaOne talk slides at
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/j1-2014-unsafe-CON5150.pdf
It seems worth waiting for more progress on this front before
contemplating changes along these lines.

-Doug