RFR: Cleanup NumberSeq additions [v4]

[Y. Srinivas Ramakrishna]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 19:40:24 GMT, Aleksey Shipilev <shade at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I have been looking into how to decrease our upstream exposure for `NumberSeq` changes, and it seems to be not solvable in an easy way. Normally, I would add `AbsSeq::add(AbsSeq& other)` methods and get to that from `HdrSeq::add(HdrSeq& other)`, and that almost works. The remaining bit is figuring out the decaying average/variance thingie. 
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>> I spent an hour trying to come up with easily provable equations for _combining_ the decaying average/variance. The decaying average is somewhat easy, although there are boundary problems (decaying average treats 0-th element without adjustments, which requires remembering the `_last` element to compensate). Decaying variance looks remarkably scary in the few of my approaches.
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>> If we enter with current code upstream, it would be the uphill battle to implemented decays and prove they work. So instead, I took the alternative approach of doing everything inside Shenandoah code, except the decays. This reverts `numberSeq.*` to upstream state.
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>> Additional testing:
>>  - [x] Linux x86_64 fastdebug `hotspot_gc_shenandoah`
>>  - [x] Linux AArch64 fastdebug `hotspot_gc_shenandoah`
>>  - [x] GitFarm
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> Aleksey Shipilev has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Touchup

Marked as reviewed by ysr (Author).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/shenandoah/pull/268#pullrequestreview-1406550962