[vector] tests with data providers

[Vladimir Ivanov]

Paul,

> Patch rebased and updated for the comparison methods:
> 
>    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/panama/tests-with-data-providers/webrev/

Have you looked into how new tests are optimized by C2?

My main concern is that the generators are opaque to the compiler. It 
won't break intrinsification, but vector intructions will reside in tiny 
stand-alone methods and there'll be excessive boxing/unboxing happening 
unless C2 is able to inline the operations.

Best regards,
Vladimir Ivanov

>> On Mar 9, 2018, at 5:12 PM, Paul Sandoz <Paul.Sandoz at oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Please review this patch to covert the vector tests to use TestNG data providers:
>>
>>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/panama/tests-with-data-providers/webrev/ <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~psandoz/panama/tests-with-data-providers/webrev/>
>>
>> For now i took the simplest route placing them in the concrete tests rather than in a super class for a type shared across the shapes (in effect much in the header.template can be moved over to such a super class).
>>
>> Paul.
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