[lworld+vector] RFR: 8304310: Initial compilers and runtime handling for multifield backed vectors. [v5]

Fri Apr 7 00:33:10 UTC 2023

On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 03:42:51 GMT, Xiaohong Gong <xgong at openjdk.org> wrote:

> BTW, methods like `is_multifield, is_multifield_base` can be removed. `secondary_fields_count() > 1` can be used as a replacement to `is_multifield_base()`, right?

It should add value to still keep is_multifield and is_multifield_base since it allows skipping over synthetic fields (non-base) at places.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/833#discussion_r1160352423