jdk9 VarHandle and Fence methods

[Doug Lea]

On 08/23/2015 05:56 AM, Rémi Forax wrote:
> Hi Doug, is there a plan to update AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater (and variants)
> implementation too, by moving the implementation in java.lang.invoke and use
> the very same tricks that VarHandle implementations use ?

Only a vague plan to wait a bit to see how the VarHandle mechanics
play out and whether they apply in simple ways to FieldUpdaters,
and if so, contemplate doing this.

-Doug