RFR(L): 8205044: [lworld] Interpreter and compiler support for acmp with value type operands

[Tobias Hartmann]

Hi John,

On 13.07.2018 23:33, John Rose wrote:
> I think your methods that potentially return a constant result should
> be moved from Ideal to Value.

That's not possible because these methods may return a new node *or* a constant. We would need to
split the checks up and move them to Ideal or Value. I did this by re-factoring the code once more:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~thartmann/8205044/webrev.04_inc/

All tests pass.

Thanks,
Tobias