<i18n dev> RFR: 8366178: Implement JEP 526: Lazy Constants (Second Preview) [v16]

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:23:28 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadamore at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Per Minborg has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Update docs after comments
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/List.java line 1235:
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>> 1233:      * or more lazy elements. The returned list's {@linkplain Object#toString() toString()}
>> 1234:      * method never triggers initialization of elements. Instead, an
>> 1235:      * implementation-dependant string is returned for uninitialized elements.
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> Suggestion:
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>      * implementation-dependent string is returned for uninitialized elements.

Design comment: I note some internal discomfort at the fact that equals/hashCode trigger initialization, but toString does not... effectively this would make replacing a regular immutable list with a lazy list not possible in all cases. Not saying we should do anything now -- but something to monitor

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27605#discussion_r2440214527