RFR: JDK-8032012, , String.toLowerCase/toUpperCase performance improvement

[Ulf Zibis]

To cover this problem, I filed a new language suggestion:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8033813 :-)

-Ulf


Am 06.02.2014 18:59, schrieb Ulf Zibis:
> I still more like the break-to-label approach. It looks more logical and saves one comparison. 
> This might count on very very short strings, but I would rename it to something like 
> find1stUpperCase: or scanForUpperCase.
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> As an alternative you could write "if (first >= len)" as counterpart to the last "first < len" 
> operation in the for loop, which therefore should be merged by JIT.
> (Or use "first != len" in the for loop.)
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> -Ulf
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