RFR: 8272626: Avoid C-style array declarations in java.*

[Joe Darcy]

On 8/18/2021 6:20 AM, Roger Riggs wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:07:35 GMT, Claes Redestad <redestad at openjdk.org> wrote:
>
>> C-style array declarations generate noisy warnings in IDEs, et.c. This patch cleans up all java.* packages.
>>
>> (Copyrights intentionally not updated due the triviality of most changes)
> 34 Minutes from proposed to integrated!
> Its hard to argue with the efficiency, but only 1 timezone of developers had a chance to review or even be aware of the change.
>

I don't think removing use of this archaic language feature, which 
doesn't change semantics, should be in any way controversial and is long 
overdue.

-Joe