RFR: 8303374: Compiler Implementation for Primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch (Preview) [v31]

[Aggelos Biboudis]

> This is the proposed patch for Primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch (Preview).
> 
> Draft spec here: https://cr.openjdk.org/~abimpoudis/instanceof/latest/

Aggelos Biboudis has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 37 commits:

 - Merge branch 'master' into primitive-patterns
 - Merge branch 'master' into primitive-patterns
 - Small cleanup in PrimitivePatternsSwitch
 - Add test for instanceof as a pattern on with record patterns
 - Merge branch 'master' into primitive-patterns
   
   # Conflicts:
   #	src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Preview.java
   #	src/jdk.compiler/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/code/Source.java
 - Add tests for new data types in switch statements
 - Fix Bootstrap initialization error by using `explicitCastArguments` for integral tests
 - Fix SwitchBootstraps for pattern matching over longs
 - Merge branch 'master' into primitive-patterns
 - Improve javadoc of ExactConversionsSupport
   
   Co-authored-by: Raffaello Giulietti <raffaello.giulietti at oracle.com>
 - ... and 27 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/99570fbe...ca7cc2a6

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Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15638/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=15638&range=30
  Stats: 3199 lines in 41 files changed: 2943 ins; 111 del; 145 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15638.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/15638/head:pull/15638

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15638