RFR: 8071368 Use more concrete types for NamedFunction constants in the code

[Paul Sandoz]

Hi Shilpi,

I think you can consider this reviewed. It got the ok from Vladimir, with reference to John’s feedback in the bug.

Pau.

> On 10 Feb 2016, at 08:01, shilpi rastogi <shilpi.rastogi at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Gentle Reminder!
>> 
>> On 2/5/2016 9:18 PM, Vladimir Ivanov wrote:
>>> Proposed fix looks good.
>>> 
>>> Quoting John: "The use of erased types (any ref => Object) in the MH runtime is an artifact of bootstrapping difficulties, early in the project. I hope it is not necessary any more."
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Vladimir Ivanov
>>>