Integrated: 8257639: Update usage of "type" terminology in java.lang.Enum & java.lang.Record

Julia Boes jboes at openjdk.java.net
Wed Dec 9 09:35:37 UTC 2020


On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 17:31:34 GMT, Julia Boes <jboes at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This change applies a stricter semantic distinction of 'type' versus 'class and interface'. This is based on the JLS changes described in the "Consistent Class and Interface Terminology" document: https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk16/docs/specs/class-terminology-jls.html.
> 
> The following rules were applied:
> - 'class' and/or 'interface' are used when referring to the class/interface itself
> - 'type' is used when referring to the type of a variable or expression

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 5bdce9b9
Author:    Julia Boes <jboes at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/5bdce9b9
Stats:     24 lines in 2 files changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 24 mod

8257639: Update usage of "type" terminology in java.lang.Enum & java.lang.Record

Reviewed-by: chegar, dfuchs

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1670


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