RFR: 8253497: Core Libs Terminology Refresh [v3]

Tue Dec 15 23:09:55 UTC 2020

On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 22:13:58 GMT, Stuart Marks <smarks at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> It's an adverb, since it's the act of 'defining' that is being done too restrictively or broadly. If you want to have an adjective you would need to rephrase it so it applies to the noun, like 'defining a too restrictive accept-list'. My non-native English vibes would still prefer the former.
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> I'd suggest `... as defining an allow-list that is too narrow or a reject-list that is too wide may prevent ...`.
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> (edited to remove hyphen from "too-wide")

Even better!

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1771