Sponsor for 6666666: A better implementation of Character.isSupplementaryCodePoint

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 16.03.2010 21:46, schrieb Martin Buchholz:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 13:27, Ulf Zibis<Ulf.Zibis at gmx.de>  wrote:
>    
>> Am 13.03.2010 00:29, schrieb Martin Buchholz:
>>
>> Won't you like to add:
>>      *<p><b>Note:</b>  In combination with {@link #isBMPCodePoint(int)} this
>>      * method should be in 2nd place to permit additional HotSpot compiler
>>      * optimization. Example:
>>      *<blockquote><pre>
>>      *     if (Character.isBMPCodePoint(codePoint))
>>      *         ...;
>>      *     else if (Character.isSupplementaryCodePoint(codePoint))
>>      *         ...;
>>      *     else
>>      *         ...;
>>      *</pre></blockquote>
>>      *
>>      
> No.
>
> This kind of implementation-specific comment is not
> traditionally put in public javadoc (it's considered OK
> in private comments).  Also, we should not inflict our
> dangerous micro-optimization disease on others.
>    

Hm, I believe I've seen similar things in javadoc, but I can agree 
dropping the <blockqoute> part.
Would "In combination with {@link #isBMPCodePoint(int)} this method 
should be in 2nd place to permit additional VM optimization." be better?

-Ulf