RFR (S) 8136500: Integer/Long getChars and stringSize should be more idiomatic

[Ulf]

Hi Aleksey,

Am 24.11.2015 um 23:44 schrieb Aleksey Shipilev:
> On 11/24/2015 07:50 PM, Ulf wrote:
>> Am 24.11.2015 um 12:07 schrieb Aleksey Shipilev:
>>> Thanks for reviews, Ivan, John, Sherman and Paul!
>>>
>>> I am pushing this change now.
>> I know, I'm late, but have you ever tried? :
> No, but you can try it yourself. OpenJDK workspace has tests covering
> that codepath. Pick up the benchmarks from here:
>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/8136500/

thanks for your answer and hints.

Currently I don't have a development environment, so maybe later I can try this.

-Ulf