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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8253555

Make ByteSize and WordSize typed scoped enums

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    • Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • P4
    • 16
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    • hotspot
    • b18

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      The classes ByteSize and WordSize are used to create a typesafe differentiation between values denoting "words" and "bytes".

      The way it works today is that ByteSize (and WordSize) is an int typedef in release builds, and a wrapper class in debug builds. This has the drawback that you can't use these types in overloads, because both types resolve to int in release builds.

      I propose that we change this to with typed scoped enums, and get rid of the release/debug difference.

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              stefank Stefan Karlsson
              stefank Stefan Karlsson
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