RFR: 8288984: Simplification in Shutdown.exit [v3]

[David Holmes]

On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 16:17:27 GMT, Ryan Ernst <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is a followup to simplify Shutdown.exit after the removal of
>> finalizers (https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8198250). Once agreement
>> on the approach has been reached in this PR, a CSR will be filed to
>> propose the spec change to Runtime.exit.
>
> Ryan Ernst has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   iterate on wording

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Runtime.java line 90:

> 88:      * invocation may be initiated via platform specific signal handlers. All
> 89:      * other invocations will block indefinitely, and their supplied exit
> 90:      * statuses will be ignored. If this method is invoked from a shutdown hook

If they block indefinitely then it is implicit that nothing happens with their exit status. I think you are trying to say too much.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9351