RFR: 8269122: The use of "extern const" for Register definitions generates poor code [v3]

[Andrew Haley]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 06:41:14 GMT, Kim Barrett <kbarrett at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Are you satisfied with that, Kim? Thanks.
>
> Not really.  I don't think we should be retaining dead code to support potential / imaginary compilers.  If such a compiler still exists (and is sufficiently modern to support C++14), the relevant code can be retrieved from the repository.

OK, I need to be braver! Done. :-)

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4554