JDK 11 RFR of 8200478: For boxing conversion javac uses Long.valueOf which does not guarantee caching according to its javadoc

[Brian Burkhalter]

Hi Joe,

On Apr 24, 2018, at 5:30 PM, joe darcy <joe.darcy at oracle.com> wrote:

> Please review the patch below to update the specification of Long.valueOf(long) to require caching on [-128, 127]. The JDK implementation of this functionality has always cached in that region, even though it is not required.

Looks fine.

> Additionally, please review the corresponding CSR:
> 
>         JDK-8202231: For boxing conversion javac uses Long.valueOf which does not guarantee caching according to its javadoc

Done.

Brian