RFR 8140274: methodHandles and constantPoolHandles should be passed as const references

[Christian Thalinger]

> On Oct 22, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Coleen Phillimore <coleen.phillimore at oracle.com> wrote:
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> Summary: modified code to use const reference parameters
> 
> open webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/8140274.01/

I browsed through all the changes and they looked good.  Really, I rely on the compilers to complain if we are using const where we shouldn’t.

> bug link https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8140274.01

You need to stop sending these .01 bug links… they don’t work :-)

> 
> A test of tolerance for tedium!  Best to look at the patch for this one.  See bug for how much size it saved in libjvm.so file.
> 
> Tested with JPRT, and jtreg tests.
> 
> Thanks,
> Coleen