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

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 2/17/20 10:48 AM, Zheka Kozlov wrote:
> Why I'm asking this is because I was surprised
> that https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214687 was backported

Looking at my own backport requests, I think Oracle backports forced our hand here.

> and https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8058779 was not. 

...but this one should be additionally judged by its own merits.

This is not to say it has less of the merit, but it needs to be judged anyway.

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Thanks,
-Aleksey