On 11/08/2012 05:47 AM, John Rose wrote: > On Nov 7, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Remi Forax wrote: > >> please the name 'locked object' should be changed, >> first because the fact that the value object uses bits also used to bias >> a lock >> is just an implementation detail and the name is too close to >> synchronized/j.u.c.l.Lock. >> >> why not steady or steadfast ? > > Yeah, the name choice is kind of deliberately bad. > > Hmmm.. a "stead" is a place, and stead{y,fast} means "stays in place". > But the point of a value object is that it can move around (via copying)!
I was thinking about steady like in rock steady. > > Vitaly D. and Vladimir K. like "frozen", and I'm sympathetic. and it seems everyone agree with them. > > — John Rémi _______________________________________________ mlvm-dev mailing list mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev