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Simplifying memory access var handles

As I was exploring the consequences of the latest API moves, I realized that, perhaps, our VarHandle story is too complex, and not in sync with the lower energy equilibrium of the new API configuration. I think this is pretty clear if you look at how the behavior of the static accessors is specified in my experimental branch…


More at https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/panama-dev/2020-June/009577.html.