RFR JDK-8059510 Compact symbol table layout inside shared archive

[Jiangli Zhou]

Hi John,

Here is the webreve that incorporated your latest suggestions, if you 
want to take another look.

   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jiangli/8059510/webrev.07/

Going through the final testing (including JPRT) of the change, so far 
so good.

Thanks,
Jiangli

On 12/05/2014 09:05 PM, Jiangli Zhou wrote:
> Ok. Thanks, John.
>
> Jiangli
>
> On 12/05/2014 08:54 PM, John Rose wrote:
>> On Dec 5, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Jiangli Zhou <jiangli.zhou at oracle.com 
>> <mailto:jiangli.zhou at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I wonder if it would help more when we also add the support for 
>>> string table. With a lower hash table load factor, the percentage of 
>>> buckets with one entry increases. I'm inclined to leave it in if 
>>> there is no strong objection.
>>
>> Yes, it will help with a lower load factor.  I'm OK either way. 
>>  (Would still like to reduce the number of indirections, but that's 
>> for later.)  — John
>