>>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry Schwarz <jerry.schwarz@oracle.com> writes:
Jerry> I would prefer
Jerry> System.unmovableReference(Object o)
Jerry> The significant fact about this method is not that it designates
Jerry> a point at which the object is reachable or unfinalizable. Any
Jerry> reference does that. The significant aspect of it is that
Jerry> compilers aren't allowed to move it around or eliminate
Jerry> it. (Well, they're allowed to eliminate it.
Being a "GC person", I find "unmoveable" not very appealing, since it
suggests something about not being able to move the _object_ ....
Eliot
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