I read this article yesterday and I really dislike how it is worded. The "this engineer" has a name, Donald Smith, this is what he said:
"If you're using
Unsafe, this is the year to explain where the API is broken and get it
straight.... Please help us kill Unsafe, kill Unsafe dead, kill Unsafe right, and do
so as quickly as possible to the ultimate benefit of everyone."
It reads like a request to have a discussion on Unsafe, to talk about it and find solutions. Unfortunately, I don't see anyone pointing out why Unsafe should be kept around on that thread (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2015-Apri...).
And this quote from Oracle shows an effort to do things right:
"So far we focused on the problematic aspects of Project Jigsaw. But that should not divert from the exciting and – I think – very positive nature of the planned changes. After reading the documents, I am impressed with the scope and potential of this upcoming Java release. While it is likely not as groundbreaking for individual developers as Java 8, it is even more so for everyone involved in building and deploying – especially of large monolithic projects."
near future. (This is far too small to require a whole JSR.)"
"If you're using Unsafe, this is the year to explain where the API is broken and get it straight.... Please help us kill Unsafe, kill Unsafe dead, kill Unsafe right, and do so as quickly as possible to the ultimate benefit of everyone."
It reads like a request to have a discussion on Unsafe, to talk about it and find solutions. Unfortunately, I don't see anyone pointing out why Unsafe should be kept around on that thread (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2015-Apri...).
And this quote from Oracle shows an effort to do things right:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2013-October/... "This is definitely something we plan to propose for SE 9. I expect to see a JEP from the current maintainers of sun.misc.Unsafe..."
This (http://blog.codefx.org/java/dev/how-java-9-and-project-jigsa...) seems like a more balanced article on the situation.
"So far we focused on the problematic aspects of Project Jigsaw. But that should not divert from the exciting and – I think – very positive nature of the planned changes. After reading the documents, I am impressed with the scope and potential of this upcoming Java release. While it is likely not as groundbreaking for individual developers as Java 8, it is even more so for everyone involved in building and deploying – especially of large monolithic projects." near future. (This is far too small to require a whole JSR.)"