RFR: JDK-8264181: javadoc tool Incorrect error message about malformed link

[Pavel Rappo]

On Tue, 18 May 2021 06:56:51 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Yes, you can look at it both ways, either there is a closing parenthesis where it shouldn't be, or there is text following a correctly placed closing parenthesis. We tend to see one or the other depending on whether the text up to the closing parenthesis looks like a proper signature, but it's not as clear to the parser.

I'd expect the parser to report the leftmost problematic character.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4068