On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:12:02 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jver...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This PR proposes to add a clarification that an `Arena` always returns >> zeroed-out segments for `Arena::allocate` methods. >> >> Note that other overloaded methods refer to the abstract `Arena::allocate` >> method via implementation notes. > > src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/foreign/Arena.java line 269: > >> 267: * @implSpec >> 268: * Implementations of this method must return a native, >> zero-initialized segment >> 269: * featuring the requested size, and that is compatible with the >> provided alignment > > Do we want to _mandate_ that all arenas return zero-initialized memory? Maybe > it's enough to say that the default implementation does this. It's not a default method. That said, according to this suggestion it could be possible to move the text in the ofAuto/ofConfined/ofArena factories. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17308#discussion_r1447449904
