[lworld] RFR: 8378767: [lworld] Rename Makefile functions and variables related to preview mode [v2]

[duke]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:18:18 GMT, David Beaumont <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Renames value class related functions and variables in Makefiles to reflect the more general use for preview mode classes/resources (where appropriate).
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>> As preview mode is enabled in mainline builds, it will no longer be limited to value classes and their semantics.
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>> After this change, the work "value" appears only once in the modified files (outside of comments) when defining GENERATED_PREVIEW_SUBDIRS.
>> 
>> This does change the `_the.$(MODULE).valueclasses` target to be `_the.$(MODULE).preview` but that should not be an issue.
>
> David Beaumont has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   typo fix

@david-beaumont 
Your change (at version 24d7895d08a02b7c632d076df9a11e1ac666eda4) is now ready to be sponsored by a Committer.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/valhalla/pull/2175#issuecomment-3968233685