On 10/08/2014 05:38 AM, Peter Levart wrote:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~plevart/jdk9-dev/AtomicFieldUpdater.AccessChecks/AnonClassPerCclass/AtomicIntegerFieldUpdater.java
Paul Sandoz has been working on VarHandles (like MethodHandles) for similar purposes. Possibly even the same purposes. See his JavaOne talk slides at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/j1-2014-unsafe-CON5150.pdf It seems worth waiting for more progress on this front before contemplating changes along these lines. -Doug
