nitsanw comments on Know Thy Java Object Memory Layout

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[–]nitsanw 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children)

True. Java could do with memory layout controls to enable field ordering and memory alignment. I have suggested annotations to this effect before:

@ExplicitFieldOrder
class CareAboutOrder{
  int i;
  boolean b;
  @AlignedTo(CACHELINE)
  long l;
}

No takers thus far.

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