[jdk21u-dev] RFR: 8317264: Pattern.Bound has `static` fields that should be `static final`.

[Goetz Lindenmaier]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 12:02:12 GMT, Francesco Andreuzzi <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Clean backport of JDK-8317264. The fields are never assigned after initialization. final leads to shorter bytecode. It's a minor performance optimization in Regex.

Hi @fandreuz 
Why do you want to backport this? Please amend the fix request comment with a reasoning.  We usually don't backport performance enhancements.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21u-dev/pull/1622#issuecomment-2826700673