[lworld] RFR: 8286491: Withdraw ValueObject and IdentityObject and introduce value and identity class modifiers [v10]

[David Simms]

On Mon, 16 May 2022 12:09:51 GMT, Julian Waters <jwaters at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Bit of a weird question, but considering `SomeObject.val` might end up as a language feature in the future (https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/valhalla-spec-observers/2022-May/001934.html) and that we already have the ref keyword reserved, would it be worth considering reusing those keywords for modifying the "identitiness" of an object instead of having an extra keyword?

"valhalla-spec-observers" mailing list would be a more appropriate forum.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/valhalla/pull/688