RFR: 8247373: ArraysSupport.newLength doc, test, and exception message [v2]

[Martin Buchholz]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 17:31:20 GMT, Stuart Marks <smarks at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/util/ArraysSupport.java line 654:
>> 
>>> 652:             return SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH;
>>> 653:         } else {
>>> 654:             return minLength;
>> 
>> Isn't this last `else if... then.. else` the same as:
>> `return Math.max(minLength, SOFT_MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH)`
>
> It is, and I considered replacing it, but I felt that it obscured what was going on.

Competing parts of Martin's brain are voting for Roger's and Stuart's versions.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1617