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  2. JDK-8320330

Improve implementation of RShift Value

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      Right shift nodes currently return the bottom type when they encounter a right-hand input that isn't a constant. However, sometimes it's possible to use the type of the left-hand input to calculate a sharper type, even if we don't know anything about the right-hand side.

      As an example, "ary.length >> y" knows that the bounds of the array length are [0, max_jint] and can propagate that to the right shift node, as the result of shift is always non-negative if the input is non-negative. This pattern is found in String#length, which shifts the array length by the coder to find the length.

            jkarthikeyan Jasmine Karthikeyan
            jkarthikeyan Jasmine Karthikeyan
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