RFR [9]: 8050142: Optimize java.util.Formatter

[Peter Levart]

On 07/14/2014 02:17 PM, Claes Redestad wrote:
>> If you're in a really hyper-optimizing mood, you could also eliminate 
>> construction of ArrayList in parse():
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~plevart/jdk9-dev/Formatter/webrev.02/
>>
>
> Have you measured this to have a real effect? I'm not convinced it 
> would matter enough to warrant the extra complexity of turning 
> FormatString into a linked list. I feel this patch is already a bit 
> saturated with different small optimizations - maybe should deal with 
> this in a new RFE?
>
> /Claes 

You may be right. I agree that it's already pretty saturated patch. 
Maybe later if benchmarks show it's worth it.

Regards, Peter