RFR: 8314502: Change the comparator taking version of GrowableArray::find to be a template method [v7]

[David Holmes]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:48:01 GMT, Afshin Zafari <azafari at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The `find` method now is 
>> ```C++
>> template<typename T>
>> int find(T* token, bool f(T*, E)) const {
>> ...
>> 
>> Any other functions which use this are also changed.
>> Local linux-x64-debug hotspot:tier1 passed. Mach5 tier1 build on linux and Windows passed.
>
> Afshin Zafari has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains seven commits:
> 
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into _8314502
>  - first arg of `find` casted to `uint*`
>  - Merge branch 'master' into _8314502
>  - changed the `E` param of find methods to `const E&`.
>  - find_from_end and its caller are also updated.
>  - 8314502: Change the comparator taking version of GrowableArray::find to be a template method
>  - 8314502: GrowableArray: Make find with comparator take template

src/hotspot/share/utilities/growableArray.hpp line 213:

> 211: 
> 212:   template<typename T>
> 213:   int find(T* token, bool f(T*, const E&)) const {

What is the advantage of a const reference here?

-------------

PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15418#discussion_r1371111621