java/1141: don't use StringBuffer for string concatenation

[Tom Tromey]

>Number:         1141
>Category:       java
>Synopsis:       don't use StringBuffer for string concatenation
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apbianco
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 20 12:06:33 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  
>Originator:     Tom Tromey
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
Right now gcj implements string concatenation
using StringBuffer.  When compiling to native
code, this is unnecessarily slow.
Instead we should have a similar class that does
not use synchronization.  Also, we should stack
allocate the actual object (but not necessarily
the buffer) when doing string concatenation.
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>Audit-Trail:

Formerly PR gcj/132

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