possible jshell input bug (or feature?)

[Yacobellis, Robert]

In the current early access version of JDK 9 / jshell, when I type something like String s = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ... xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" where there are a lot of x's, at about column 80 the cursor returns to the beginning of the line and typing continues from there, overwriting what I had typed before. If the input line length is going to be limited I would expect that characters beyond the length limit would appear on the next line, not the same line, so that my earlier typing would still be visible.

Admittedly this case will probably not happen very often, but it is certainly possible for someone to type a jshell input line that is longer than 80 characters and expect that it would display properly. The input line above works (String s has the correct contents), but the input display is unexpected.

I've only tried this in a Windows command window (cmd), I don't know if the same thing happens on a Mac or on Linux.

Thanks,
Bob Yacobellis