[lworld+fp16] RFR: 8329817: Augment prototype Float16 class

[Jatin Bhateja]

On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 04:17:45 GMT, Joe Darcy <darcy at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Sketch of a more full-featured API for Float16.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Float16.java line 60:

> 58: // Currently Float16 is a primitive class but in future will be aligned with
> 59: // Enhanced Primitive Boxes described by JEP-402 (https://openjdk.org/jeps/402)
> 60: public /*primitive*/ class Float16 extends Number

Shouldn't this be attributed with jdk.internal.ValueBased annotation like other primitive boxes to facilitate creation of an InlineKlass for it.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/1117#discussion_r1630945669