RFR: JDK-8277095 : Empty streams create too many objects

[Philippe Marschall]

On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 18:08:22 GMT, Philippe Marschall <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

>     3. I made many methods just return `this` after checking for operated on and closed:

Reading the Javadoc again I'm not sure this is allowed. The method Javadoc doesn't clearly say it but the package Javadoc for intermediate operations says a new stream is returned.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6275