RFR: 8138614: (spec str) StringBuffer and StringBuilder methods improperly require "new" String to be returned [v2]

Wed Feb 19 02:05:58 UTC 2025

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:30:16 GMT, Roger Riggs <rriggs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Stuart Marks has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   A tiny bit of wordsmithing.
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> It should be pointed out (in the CSR) that this is aligning the spec with the current implementation, there no compatibility risk to existing programs.
> Except for the empty string, neither StringBuilder or StringBuffer is holding a string, but a sequence of characters, so a String is created.

@RogerRiggs See updated CSR.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23599#issuecomment-2667335678