RFR 8231146: Heap object size

[Roger Riggs]

Thanks Fred.  :)

On 9/17/19 5:41 PM, Frederic Parain wrote:
> Tested with inline class instances, inline class arrays and Java mirrors.
> Seems to work well.
>
> As discussed off-line, this API only provides the size occupied when allocated
> in the Java heap. Sizes of a flattened field or an array element for the same
> inline class can be different.
>
> Ship it!
>
> Fred
>
>
>> On Sep 17, 2019, at 16:00, Roger Riggs <Roger.Riggs at Oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> Please review and comment:
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>> This request adds a (probably temporary) API to return the heap size of an object.
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>> In prototyping with inline classes it will be useful to know an approximation of the size of an object in the heap while prototyping various tradoffs in performance and data structures.
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>> Webrev:
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>>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-object-size-8231146/
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>> Thanks, Roger
>>