On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:33:38 GMT, Peter Levart <plev...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Just another question: Is migrating from Unsafe based FieldAccessor(s) to 
> VarHandle based an important step to final goal of Unsafe elimination because 
> I don't think it is a necessary step for Loom.

No.  We could continue to use Unsafe but moving to VarHandle reduces the 
development cost when extending core reflection for a new feature for example 
for Project Valhalla, which is one of the goals.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5027

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