From dathompson at gmail.com  Sun Mar  2 22:41:50 2025
From: dathompson at gmail.com (Adam Thompson)
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2025 18:41:50 -0400
Subject: Primitive wrapper constructors in JLS
Message-ID: <CAHqJk3zEZz3dVhzAiKB610tOV5075DqZuCnqupHWqaUWDtGcaQ@mail.gmail.com>

I've noticed that the JLS is still using the constructors of primitive
wrappers in a few places. As these are deprecated for removal, I think
they should be removed from the JLS.

5.1.1.1 String conversion
Uses wrapper constructors to define how primitives are converted into
strings. "class instance creation expression" is the term for
constructors, so just changing the code expressions to valueOf() is
not enough.

8.1.2
Uses Integer and Double constructors in examples. Easy to change to valueOf().

From gavin.bierman at oracle.com  Fri Mar  7 09:45:30 2025
From: gavin.bierman at oracle.com (Gavin Bierman)
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 09:45:30 +0000
Subject: Primitive wrapper constructors in JLS
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Hi Adam,

Yes, good spot. I?ll action that. The 24 editions are already delivered, so this won?t appear until the 25 edition I?m afraid.

Many thanks for your interest in the specs!

Gavin

> On 2 Mar 2025, at 22:41, Adam Thompson <dathompson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've noticed that the JLS is still using the constructors of primitive
> wrappers in a few places. As these are deprecated for removal, I think
> they should be removed from the JLS.
> 
> 5.1.1.1 String conversion
> Uses wrapper constructors to define how primitives are converted into
> strings. "class instance creation expression" is the term for
> constructors, so just changing the code expressions to valueOf() is
> not enough.
> 
> 8.1.2
> Uses Integer and Double constructors in examples. Easy to change to valueOf().