8006766: Array-like access to characters of a string is slow Reviewed-by: lagergren, attila

8006857: ClassCastException when interface implementing function uses arguments object Reviewed-by: jlaskey, lagergren

8006852: Move tests from JIRA for prepopulated map failures Reviewed-by: sundar Contributed-by: james.laskey@oracle.com

8006408: Clean up and specialize NativeString Reviewed-by: jlaskey, lagergren

8006755: Functions inside with statements dont get correct scope Reviewed-by: lagergren, attila

8006575: Error in codegen for element access on primitive value Reviewed-by: hannesw, lagergren

8006736: nashorn script engine should support the usage multiple global objects with same engine instance Reviewed-by: lagergren, jlaskey, hannesw

8006678: Avoid too many Context.getGlobal() calls Reviewed-by: lagergren, jlaskey

8006677: Remove unused FunctionNode flags Reviewed-by: hannesw, jlaskey

8006570: This-value for non-strict functions should be converted to object Reviewed-by: jlaskey, lagergren, attila

8006635: Reduce access levels as much as possible Reviewed-by: jlaskey, lagergren, attila

8006525: Give StaticClass objects their own linker Reviewed-by: hannesw, lagergren

8006557: JDK8/Lambda build clashes on Map.replace() Reviewed-by: jlaskey

8006584: improve variable handling in NashornScriptEngine Reviewed-by: jlaskey, hannesw