RFR: JDK-8205549 JDK-8205698 Support of flattened values in Unsafe

[mandy chung]

On 6/27/18 4:54 PM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> Those new API points you propose match closely with what i had in
> mind, and i also agree that a set of query methods are important (I
> was just scratching the surface of that).
> 
> IMHO i think we can make a tentative split now and that would also
> increase prototyping velocity without potentially destabilizing
> existing unsafe usages. Mandy’s patch indicates the amount of Java
> platform code changes are manageable for such a split and it can
> allow for quicker experimentation with VarHandles.

I am making further progress on the patch [1] to split the access to 
flattened fields with the new Unsafe API.  It's still work in progress 
and I should be able to post something next week (if not this week).

Mandy
[1] 
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/valhalla/webrevs/unsafe-flat-fields-webrev/