Re: What's the status of / relation between "JEP 169: Value Objects" / "Value Types for Java" / "Object Layout"

2015-02-02 Thread Vitaly Davidovich
Volker (or anyone else for that matter), Just curious -- do you envision "inline" layout of objects as something one would have to opt-in or as the default layout for all objects in a heap? It seems like this should be the default (assuming zero to minimal overhead for loading the references) as I

Re: What's the status of / relation between "JEP 169: Value Objects" / "Value Types for Java" / "Object Layout"

2015-02-02 Thread Volker Simonis
Hi Brian, thanks a lot for your detailed answer and apologies for the late reply (I was a little distracted by FOSDEM :) All your comments have been clear and reasonable and are much appreciated. Please find my additional answers inline: On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Brian Goetz wrote: >> Qu