Summary: replace recursive method with iterative
Reviewed-by: kvn, twisti
Contributed-by: dean.long@oracle.com

Summary: Use dead nodes elimination code in PhaseIdealLoop before executing EA.
Reviewed-by: never, twisti

Summary: Add missing node limit check in IGVN optimizer
Reviewed-by: iveresov, never

Summary: Replaced MakeDeps and the includeDB files with more standardized solutions.
Reviewed-by: coleenp, kvn, kamg

Summary: Missing check for not empty worklist when puting memory node back on worklist and expecting address type update.
Reviewed-by: never

Summary: Use replace_node() method instead of subsume_node().
Reviewed-by: jrose, never

Summary: Change all the Sun copyrights to Oracle copyright
Reviewed-by: ohair

Reviewed-by: kvn

Summary: Update copyright for files that have been modified in 2009 through Septermber
Reviewed-by: tbell, ohair

Summary: delay dead code elimination in set_req_X to make it safe
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Summary: I have collected some typos I have found while looking at the code.
Reviewed-by: kvn, never

Summary: The result of step_through_mergemem() and remove_dead_region() is not checked in some cases.
Reviewed-by: never

Summary: Update copyright year for files that have been modified in 2008
Reviewed-by: ohair, tbell

Summary: Compressed oops in instances, arrays, and headers. Code contributors are coleenp, phh, never, swamyv
Reviewed-by: jmasa, kamg, acorn, tbell, kvn, rasbold

Summary: Current EA code has several problems which have to be fixed.
Reviewed-by: jrose, sgoldman

Summary: java constructors should be inlined to be able scalar replace a new object
Reviewed-by: rasbold