On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 21:04:27 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadam...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/foreign/Linker.java line 473: >> >>> 471: >>> 472: /** >>> 473: * Creates a method handle which is used to call a foreign >>> function with the given signature and symbol. >> >> I always think of a function "symbol" mostly as the _name_ of the function, >> so it seems that "address" would be more correct here. Though, I might be >> wrong on that. It's hard to find a clear definition of "symbol" that applies >> to this specific use case. > > the idea behind this is to connect with the javadoc of `SymbolLookup` which > defines and then uses symbol all over the place. Maybe a linkplan could help? ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14098#discussion_r1213679476
