On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 09:21:11 GMT, Stefan Karlsson <[email protected]> wrote:
> JEP 401 delivered the preview feature of Value Objects. > > During the lifetime of the Valhalla project there were many ideas and names, > and at one point the value types were called inline types. The HotSpot code > was changed to use the name "inline types" instead of "value types" (and > inline klass instead of value klass) > [JDK-8249257](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8249257). > > Later the concept and name "inline type" were dropped, but HotSpot retained > the name. This causes confusion when working with the code. Some reasons: > > 1) There's no obvious connection to what's described in JEP 401 or the Java > code. > > 2) It is easy to incorrectly assume that these are types that have been > flattened (inlined) into other objects. > > 3) The name clash with C++'s concept of inlining > > My proposal is that we revert back to talking about "values" instead of > "inlines", and that we do this before JDK 28 ships, so that we don't have a > release where we use the "inline" terminology. > > --------- > - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the [OpenJDK > Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: e45a4e7a Author: Stefan Karlsson <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/e45a4e7a8514c1193e2ff92ead04630d93a760ec Stats: 28970 lines in 724 files changed: 12226 ins; 12232 del; 4512 mod 8391728: Rename inline klass / type to value klass / type to match Java side of JEP 401 Reviewed-by: cjplummer, heidinga, kvn ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/32673
