RFR: 8264160: Regex \b is not consistent with \w without UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS [v7]

[Ian Graves]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:23:13 GMT, Ian Graves <igraves at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Proposed change in behavior to correct inconsistencies between `\w` and `\b` metacharacters
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> Ian Graves has updated the pull request incrementally with 196 additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Merge branch 'bug-8264160' of github.com:igraves/jdk into bug-8264160
>  - Adding description of word-boundary regex
>  - Removing superfluous 'if'
>  - Updating with additional descriptors. Removing DataProvider import
>  - 8281560: Matcher.hitEnd returns unexpected results in presence of CANON_EQ flag.
>    
>    Reviewed-by: rriggs, lancea
>  - 8275640: (win) java.net.NetworkInterface issues with IPv6-only environments
>    
>    Reviewed-by: msheppar, dfuchs
>  - 8282295: SymbolPropertyEntry::set_method_type fails with assert
>    
>    Reviewed-by: hseigel
>  - 8281266: [JVMCI] MetaUtil.toInternalName() doesn't handle hidden classes correctly
>    
>    Reviewed-by: sgehwolf, dnsimon
>  - 8282769: BSD date cannot handle all ISO 8601 formats
>    
>    Reviewed-by: erikj
>  - 8282770: Set source date in jib profiles from buildId
>    
>    Reviewed-by: erikj
>  - ... and 186 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/77f9a5b6...ef1e4d5b

Something very odd is going on with this PR. I am looking into it.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7539