RFR: 8333833: UUID toString removes the use of ByteArrayLittleEndian [v2]

[Brett Okken]

On Sat, 8 Jun 2024 06:40:39 GMT, Shaojin Wen <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> After PR #16245, C2 optimizes stores into primitive arrays by combining values ​​into larger stores. In the UUID.toString method, ByteArrayLittleEndian can be removed, making the code more elegant and faster.
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> Shaojin Wen has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   add comments

src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/util/HexDigits.java line 117:

> 115: 
> 116:     /**
> 117:      * Insert the int into the buffer as 4 hexadecimal digits

4 hex digits is 2 bytes, right? 
should this take a short instead?
At a minimum, seems documentation should be clear as to which 2 bytes are used.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19610#discussion_r1632064197