RFR: 8282662: Use List.of() factory method to reduce memory consumption [v8]

Tue May 31 21:01:59 UTC 2022

On Tue, 31 May 2022 19:33:15 GMT, Roger Riggs <rriggs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Сергей Цыпанов has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains six additional commits since the last revision:
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>>  - 8282662: Revert wrong copyright year change
>>  - 8282662: Revert ProxyGenerator
>>  - 8282662: Revert ProxyGenerator
>>  - 8282662: Revert dubious changes in MethodType
>>  - 8282662: Revert dubious changes
>>  - 8282662: Use List/Set.of() factory methods to save memory
>
> Why the force push?  They are discouraged, making it harder to review.

@RogerRiggs I've rebased my changes onto master to incorporate the latest changes.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7729