> On 8 Oct 2015, at 18:33, mark.reinh...@oracle.com wrote:
>
> 2015/10/8 7:56 -0700, d...@cs.oswego.edu:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> class Thread { //
>>>> /**
>>>> * A hint to the platform that the current thread is momentarily
>>>> * unable to progress. ... add more guidance ...
>>>> */
>>>> void spinYield();
>>
>> should be:
>> public static void spinYield();
>
> Yes -- let's keep this simple. It's just one method, another hint
> in j.l.Thread which can be ignored (or not) by the VM.
>
> This concept seems sufficiently well understood, based on its use
> in other platforms, that putting it directly into j.l.Thread is not
> a huge risk. I don't see a strong need for this to start out as a
> JDK-specific API.
>
+1
Paul.
