I thought one of the things promised in Java 9 was to finally fix the primitive mess, including all of the boxing and pointer chasing. Yet I can't find that here.
I also thought that type reification was being researched.
Does anyone know if either of these is still a thing?
The project to watch here is project Valhalla - valhalla-dev AT openjdk DOT java DOT net. Indeed the full solution of value types will not land until Java 10, but Java 9 will hopefully contain the very useful Collection of primitives enhancement (you can currently only have Collections of Objects, primitives are auto boxed into their Object equivalents at much greater overhead).
I also thought that type reification was being researched.
Does anyone know if either of these is still a thing?