Sponsor Request: 8241097: java/math/BigInteger/largeMemory/SymmetricRangeTests.java requires -XX:+CompactStrings

[Brian Burkhalter]

Hi Andrew,

I can help you. The change looks good but what do you see when you run the test without the change on a non-Hotspot VM?

Thanks,

Brian

> On Mar 17, 2020, at 7:36 AM, Andrew Leonard <andrew_m_leonard at uk.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> Please can I get a sponsor and reviews for the following "patch" to the 
> SymmetricRangeTests.java test, for bug 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8241097 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8241097>
> patch: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~aleonard/8241097/webrev.00/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~aleonard/8241097/webrev.00/>
> 
> The current testcase makes the assumption that -XX:+CompactStrings is the 
> default, which it is for Hotspot, but that's not necessarily true for all 
> JVM providers.