RFR: 8305072: Win32ShellFolder2.compareTo is inconsistent [v2]

[Alexey Ivanov]

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:00:40 GMT, Joel Uckelman <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> So, changing the condition in the `if`-block from `special1 || special2` to `special1 && special2` makes the sorting order consistent because the relation is now *transitive*:
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>> a < b & b < c therefore a < c
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> Hi, I'm the submitter of the original bug report. I can confirm that you got the reason for the change exactly right.

@uckelman Is there a way to reproduce the original bug in the user's environment?

I think there's a bug in JDK which leads to two _Documents_ folders in the list. If the bug is still reproducible, collecting more data will help us identify the problem and fix it.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18126#discussion_r1533767996