RFR: 8022746: List of spelling errors in API doc

Naoto Sato naoto.sato at oracle.com
Tue Oct 22 11:31:00 PDT 2013


I understand there are several "alphanumeric" usages in the document, 
but I'd use "alphanum" there, as it is preceded by "3-8" which is more 
like ABNF notation.

Naoto

On 10/22/13 10:55 AM, sergey malenkov wrote:
>    * <p>A well-formed locale key has the form
>    * <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]{2}</code>.  A well-formed locale type has the
>    * form <code>"" | [0-9a-zA-Z]{3,8} ('-' [0-9a-zA-Z]{3,8})*</code> (it
> - * can be empty, or a series of subtags 3-8 alphanums in length). A
> + * can be empty, or a series of subtags 3-8 alphanumerics in length).  A
>    * well-formed locale attribute has the form
>    * <code>[0-9a-zA-Z]{3,8}</code> (it is a single subtag with the same
>    * form as a locale type subtag).
>
> This is the only place where I have replaced alphanums with
> alphanumerics, because the second word is used later in the class
> specification. For example:
>
>       * <p><b>Note:</b> The <code>Locale</code> class does not provide any
>       * syntactic restrictions on variant, while BCP 47 requires each
> variant
>       * subtag to be 5 to 8 alphanumerics or a single numeric followed by 3
>       * alphanumerics.  The method <code>setVariant</code> throws
>
> I'll revert the change if you want.
>
> Thanks,
> SAM
>
> On 22.10.2013 21:34, Naoto Sato wrote:
>> Hi Sergey,
>>
>> I looked at the changes wrt i18n, and found one change in Locale class:
>>
>> 221  * can be empty, or a series of subtags 3-8 alphanumerics in
>> length).  A
>>
>> where you modified "alphanums" to "alphanumerics". In fact it's not a
>> typo, as "alphanum" is defined in BCP 47 standard.
>>
>> Naoto
>>
>> On 10/22/13 5:22 AM, sergey malenkov wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Could you please review the following huge fix:
>>> fix:http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~malenkov/8022746.8.0/
>>> bug:https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8022746
>>>
>>> I've replaced all typos with correct words in all documentations and
>>> comments.  Our technical writer has already checked it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> SAM
>>
>



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