> On 1 Jul 2016, at 00:53, Doug Lea <d...@cs.oswego.edu> wrote: > > On 06/30/2016 10:08 AM, Paul Sandoz wrote: >> Hi Peter, >> >> Thanks, that’s interesting. I am uncertain if our 166 fellows will be >> reluctant or not to pull in a dependency on jdk.internal.misc.SharedSecrets. > > > Background: we are reluctant to rely on anything that makes sources impossible > to use in (usually, upcoming versions of) Android. Which probably > doesn't directly apply here. > > But my main concern in this case is that we need better assurance > that there are no possible start-up circularities, since we've already > had some near-miss experiences with ThreadLocalRandom. Is there a > solid argument? >
I suggest we spin this off from the main issue and investigate afterwards, i have logged an issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160710 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160710> Paul.
