RFR: 8283067: Incorrect comment in java.base/share/classes/java/util/ArrayList.java

[liach]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 09:48:14 GMT, xpbob <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

> * Constructs an empty list with an initial capacity of ten
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> =>
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> * Constructs an empty list with default sized empty instances.
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>   private static final Object[] DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA = {};
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> DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA is empty and the length is 0

This observation should probably be put in an implementation note, that the allocation of the backing array only happens when any element is added. Also, this API documentation change requires a CSR review.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7799