RFR: 8339260: Move rarely used constants out of ClassFile [v9]

[Luca Kellermann]

On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 17:37:40 GMT, Luca Kellermann <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Yet I think we can consider promoting Constant Pool tag from byte or char, short, or int to represent a u1 in case it goes over 127.

Is there any chance a change like this could make it into JDK 24? I'd imagine it would be too late after that because it's a binary incompatible change.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20773#discussion_r1863822558