Github user franz1981 commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/1753
@michaelandrepearce
> is it worth adding the code to handle the offheap now also, just while
its fresh in your mind, and then it be more complete feature
Agree :) I've avoided to implement them (for the `writeAsShort` case too)
to not turn this PR in a total rewrite of the original code, but I already know
that the gains are *huge*: I will take some time to close the circle and make
it features complete by covering the remaining cases :+1:
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