RFR: 8006090 - Formatter asserts with -esa

[Brian Burkhalter]

The assert occurs in

private Appendable print(StringBuilder sb, Calendar t, char c,
                                 Locale l)

due to

assert(width == -1);

not being satisfied. The proposed fix is to remove this assert statement which appears to be vestigial. Regression and compatibility testing did not reveal any failures due to removing this statement.

--- old/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java      2013-01-16 12:22:55.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java      2013-01-16 12:22:55.000000000 -0800
@@ -3827,7 +3827,6 @@
                                  Locale l)
             throws IOException
         {
-            assert(width == -1);
             if (sb == null)
                 sb = new StringBuilder();
             switch © {

Thanks,

Brian