On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:37:08 GMT, Jie Fu <ji...@openjdk.org> wrote: > I'd like to keep DoubleVector.SPECIES_PREFERRED.length() <= > VectorSupport.getMaxLaneCount(double.class) for Java programmers since the > VectorSupport_GetMaxLaneCount is used to implement a Java API.
It doesn't make much sense to me. `VectorSupport` is an internal API for `jdk.incubator.vector` to consume. It's `jdk.incubator.vector` job to interpret the result and adapt accordingly. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2722