RFR: 8331497: Implement JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking [v8]

[Vladimir Ivanov]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 23:57:48 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is an implementation of [JEP 483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking](https://openjdk.org/jeps/483).
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>> Note: this is a combined PR of the following individual PRs
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20516
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20517
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20843
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20958
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20959
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/21049
>> - https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/21143
>
> Ioi Lam has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   @DanHeidinga comment -- exit VM when runtimeSetup() fails

Looks good.

Stylistic comment: while browsing the code a mix of "AOT" & "aot" caught my eye. I find the former spelling more descriptive. Any particular reason to use "aot" unless all lowercase spelling is preferred in some particular context?

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Marked as reviewed by vlivanov (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21642#pullrequestreview-2414396530