Backport JDK-8058779 to JDK 8 (faster String.replace(CharSequence, CharSequence))

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 2/17/20 6:20 AM, Zheka Kozlov wrote:
> Is there any reason to not backport JDK-8058779
> <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8058779> to JDK 8? 

Backports usually come from a reverse question: is there the overwhelming reason *to* backport?

This one seems to check the marks on cost/benefit front, given the relative simplicity of the patch
and the performance impact is has. But as always, performance improvements usually take much less
priority than bugfixes. We (RH) have quite a few candidates for 8u backports for performance, added
this to our list as well.

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Thanks,
-Aleksey