RFR(S): 8144723: MethodHandleImpl.initStatics is no longer needed

[Michael Haupt]

Hi Claes,

this is a lower-case review, but thumbs up. Truth or dare. ;-)

Best,

Michael

> Am 04.12.2015 um 17:28 schrieb Claes Redestad <claes.redestad at oracle.com>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> please review this issue to remove explicit initialization of MethodHandleImpl, which doesn't seem to be needed after recent j.l.invoke bootstrap improvements.
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8144723
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~redestad/8144723/webrev.01/
> 
> This removes 21 classes from jdk9/dev startup. I additionally identified a few eagerly initialized functions that can be made lazily initialized, which defers 6 classes from loading eagerly in startup tests that use lambdas explicitly.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> /Claes

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