On Fri, 2 Dec 2022 16:45:56 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jver...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This sentence still needs to be clarified IMHO. E.g. it is not clear when >> reading what "using a memory layout other than the layout of the accessed >> value" - since we are passing a layout to the access operation... it feels >> like we're trying to compress too much. We should say something like: >> >> >> The values in a variable argument list are stored in one or more regions of >> memory in a platform specific fashion. >> Any attempt to access (or skip) any such value with a mismatched memory >> layout (example) will result in undefined behavior. > > I think we don't need to say anything about how the values are stored. I > wanted to avoid using the term "undefined behavior" at first as well, since > it sounds like something that is defined elsewhere (which it isn't), but > maybe that's okay. Though, I agree that what I have now doesn't quite feel > right. I've tried to re-write this to be more clear (including an example) ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11440
