RFR: 8327093: Add slice function to BitMap API [v2]

[Ioi Lam]

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 18:32:33 GMT, Matias Saavedra Silva <matsaave at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I think it should be fine to keep `copy_of_range(n)` to signify `[n:]` since it is acting more inline with functions like `slice`.

But no one uses `copy_of_range(n)` today, so I think we shouldn't add such a variant until the need actually arises.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18092#issuecomment-1979875495