Lower overhead String encoding/decoding

[Richard Warburton]

Hi,

Thanks for looking at this patch and agreeing to sponsor - I've pushed
> fixes for these issues at:
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rwarburton/string-patch-webrev-10/
>

Hope everyone has had a happy holiday period. Just following up on this
issue to make sure that you have all the information needed and I've not
been blocking the RFE process. Got a bit concerned due to radio silence.

regards,

  Richard Warburton

  http://insightfullogic.com
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