RFR: 8253881: Hotspot/Serviceability Terminology Refresh

Wed Dec 16 16:34:04 UTC 2020

On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:54:46 GMT, Daniel D. Daugherty <dcubed at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is part of an effort in the JDK to replace archaic/non-inclusive words with more neutral terms (see JDK-8253315 for details).
>> 
>> Here are the changes covering hotspot code and tests. Terms were changed as follows:
>> 
>> 1. whitelist -> removed or changed to allow-list/allowed
>> 2. blacklist -> removed
>> 3. chop-chop -> removed
>
> Thumbs up. Looks about the same as your prelim...

Although I'm not an expert in this area, I'm concerned whether the words remaining in `test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/c2/stemmer/words` make up for the ones being deleted. If they don't (i.e. the removal of words results in test cases being discarded), then new words should be added to compensate.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1798