Empty value type ?

[Kirk Pepperdine]

How can a value type be empty.. what is an empty integer? An empty string? Just curious.

Kind regards,
Kirk



> On Jun 26, 2018, at 3:28 PM, forax at univ-mlv.fr wrote:
> 
> ok,
> in that case, i think zero field value types should be rejected by the compiler.
> 
> Rémi
> 
> ----- Mail original -----
>> De: "Tobias Hartmann" <tobias.hartmann at oracle.com>
>> À: "Remi Forax" <forax at univ-mlv.fr>, "valhalla-dev" <valhalla-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>> Envoyé: Mardi 26 Juin 2018 15:23:46
>> Objet: Re: Empty value type ?
> 
>> Hi Remi,
>> 
>> no, empty value types are not planned to be supported for LW1.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Tobias
>> 
>> On 26.06.2018 15:19, Remi Forax wrote:
>>> Is empty value type targeted for LW1 ?
>>> 
>>> Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class GenBug
>>> 	java.lang.ClassFormatError: class: GenBug - Value Types do not support zero
>>> 	instance size yet
>>> 
>>> Rémi