RFR: 8314480: Memory ordering spec updates in java.lang.ref [v10]

[Brent Christian]

On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:37:20 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Brent Christian has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   VM -> virtual machine; also fix misspelling
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Cleaner.java line 218:
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>> 216:      * cautions about the behavior of cleaning actions.
>> 217:      *
>> 218:      * <p>The object being registered is kept strongly reachable (and therefore not eligible
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> I would be tempted to drop "being registered" from this sentence. The previous paragraph and the parameter descriptions use "the object". That would make it "The given object is  kept strongly reachable ..." which I think is a bit easier to read.

If it's clear which object is meant, then yes, that reads better.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16644#discussion_r1594756233