RFR: 8342650: Move getChars to DecimalDigits [v4]

[Tobias Hartmann]

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:58:18 GMT, Shaojin Wen <swen at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Move getChars methods of StringLatin1 and StringUTF16 to DecimalDigits to reduce duplication
>> 
>> 1. HexDigits and OctalDigits also include getCharsLatin1 and getCharsUTF16
>> 2. Putting these two methods into DecimalDigits can avoid the need to expose them in JavaLangAccess
>> 3. Eliminate duplicate code in BigDecimal
>
> Shaojin Wen has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   add benchmark

This caused a regression, see [JDK-8343925](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8343925). You might want to consider a quick [backout](https://openjdk.org/guide/#backing-out-a-change).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21593#issuecomment-2468016407