RFR: 8211163: UNIX version of Java_java_io_Console_echo does not return a clean boolean

[Andrew Haley]

On 09/28/2018 04:08 PM, Volker Simonis wrote:
> Yes, but the next developer who adds a function which returns jboolean
> and looks at your implementation could easily introduce new,  buggy
> code like the one you fixed (because from a C-perspective that makes
> no difference). But if he sees that other JNI functions all return
> exclusively JNI_TRUE/JNI_FALSE he may be  inclined to do so as well.

I'm not convinced that it'll make such mistakes much less likely, and
I do not believe that making code so ugly and verbose is sensible.

Also, I do no believe that we should introduce dead code. And this
absolutely is dead code.

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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