RFR: 8333893: Optimization for StringBuilder append boolean & null [v20]

[Emanuel Peter]

On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:56:53 GMT, Shaojin Wen <swen at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> After PR https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/16245, C2 optimizes stores into primitive arrays by combining values ​​into larger stores.
>> 
>> This PR rewrites the code of appendNull and append(boolean) methods so that these two methods can be optimized by C2.
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> Shaojin Wen has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains 26 additional commits since the last revision:
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>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/optim_str_builder_append_202406' into optim_str_builder_append_202406
>  - fix build error
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into optim_str_builder_append_202406
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into optim_str_builder_append_202406
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/optim_str_builder_append_202406' into optim_str_builder_append_202406
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into optim_str_builder_append_202406
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into optim_str_builder_append_202406
>  - revert test
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into optim_str_builder_append_202406
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into optim_str_builder_append_202406
>  - ... and 16 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/918f9b3e...457735c9

FYI https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/19970 is now integrated - thanks for the patience :)

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19626#issuecomment-2457208051