Long valueOf instead of new Long

[Pavel Rappo]

I created an issue to track the progress and also made 2 webrevs. One for the original patch and one for the changes that have been suggested earlier in this thread by Paul and Andrej. Here we go:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8048267

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prappo/8048267/webrev.00
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prappo/8048267/webrev.01
 
-Pavel

On 26 Jun 2014, at 10:58, Chris Hegarty <chris.hegarty at oracle.com> wrote:

> Otavio,
> 
> I skimmed over the patches and they look ok to me. I think they would be suitable for inclusion in jdk9/dev.
> 
> -Chris.
> 
> P.S. I do not currently have time to sponsor this, but I cc’ed Pavel who may be able to help get his in.
> 
> On 14 Jun 2014, at 14:46, Otávio Gonçalves de Santana <otaviojava at java.net> wrote:
> 
>> Reason: The Long class has cache and using it, will save memory and will
>> faster than using create new instance of Long.
>> 
>> webrev:
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16109193/open_jdk/long_value_of.zip
>> 
>> similar: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8044461
>> -- 
>> Otávio Gonçalves de Santana
>> 
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