On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 07:36:35 GMT, Jatin Bhateja <[email protected]> wrote:
>> src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/AbstractSpecies.java
>> line 152:
>>
>>> 150: int laneTypeOrdinal() {
>>> 151: return laneType.ordinal();
>>> 152: }
>>
>> Is this needed? Won't all concrete sub types override this?
>
> This interface provides access to lane type constant though species, its used
> for consistency, please have a look at following line and other places around
> it.
> https://github.com/jatin-bhateja/jdk/blob/ff73dc3d48a9435c4395556c8325fbce7610cba9/src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/DoubleVector.java#L3374
Agreed that this method is required, but i was wondering why `AbstractSpecies`
need to implement it. Ok, i see now you are copying the same pattern as some
other methods such as `elementType`, so this is a more general issue we should
not resolve in this PR.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29481#discussion_r2751614740
