(L) Prelim RFR: 8132510: Replace ThreadLocalStorage with compiler/language-based thread-local variables

[Andrew Haley]

On 02/11/15 11:14, David Holmes wrote:
> Depends on the platform and the exact circumstances, given the varied 
> caching and other "fast lookup" schemes previously employed (even though 
> this is slow-path code).

It's not just the slow path: from what I remember it's called tens of
thousands of times at startup, so this really is a worthwhile change.

Andrew.