RFR: 8305486: Add split() variants that keep the delimiters to String and j.u.r.Pattern [v5]

[Raffaello Giulietti]

On Mon, 8 May 2023 12:23:27 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> I could replace it by the equivalent `&#xB7;`
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>> I just locally used this as a replacement to `centerdot` and regenerated the javadocs. The generated javadoc HTML looks the same like the screenshot in my previous comment.
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>> My only concern here is that this notation isn't used previously in any of our APIs and since it's part of a "regular" (non mathemical) sentence, it might be hard to understand what it is. I think it is relatable when it's part of some larger mathematical formula/explanation.
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>> I just did a quick search of `centerdot` in the JDK source to see if it's been used in any API documentation currently and didn't find any such cases. So I still think using `*` would be clearer.
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>> Having said that, if there are no objections from Roger or any other reviewers, it's OK with me too.
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>> Alternatively, one could remove the multiplication sign altogether...
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> Do you mean rewording it to something like:
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>> the array's length will be no greater than 2 times <i>limit</i> - 1

I mean the usual juxtaposition in maths to signify multiplication, like in _a_ _b_ instead of _a_·_b_

> the array's length will be no greater than 2 _limit_ - 1

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13305#discussion_r1187390214