On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:05:32 GMT, Raffaello Giulietti <rgiulie...@openjdk.org>
wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/util/DecimalDigits.java line 434:
>>
>>> 432:
>>> 433: private static void putCharUTF16(byte[] buf, int charPos, int c) {
>>> 434: UNSAFE.putChar(buf, ARRAY_BYTE_BASE_OFFSET + ((long) charPos
>>> << 1), (char) c);
>>
>> I'm not sure we can put a `char` into a `byte[]`.
>> @cl4es is this safe on all platforms?
>
> The doc of `Unsafe::putChar()` delegates to the doc of `Unsafe::putInt()`
> which clearly states that the `Object` and `offset` arguments must locate a
> variable of the same type as the one of argument `x`, which is not the case
> here.
This is safe. See
https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/3804082cba56e6d26c500880cc5cbe6d4332d8f8/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/invoke/X-VarHandleByteArrayView.java.template#L129-L132,
where `MethodHandles.byteArrayViewVarHandle` implementation does
getChar/Short/Int/Long on a byte array.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22023#discussion_r1921223873
