RFR: 8253497: Core Libs Terminology Refresh [v4]

Alan Bateman alanb at openjdk.java.net
Wed Dec 16 07:13:58 UTC 2020


On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:14:14 GMT, Brent Christian <bchristi at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is part of an effort in the JDK to replace archaic/non-inclusive words with more neutral terms (see JDK-8253315 for details).
>> 
>> Here are the changes covering core libraries code and tests.  Terms were changed as follows:
>> 1. grandfathered -> legacy
>> 2. blacklist -> filter or reject
>> 3. whitelist -> allow or accept
>> 4. master -> coordinator
>> 5. slave -> worker
>> 
>> Addressing similar issues in upstream 3rd party code is out of scope of this PR.  Such changes will be picked up from their upstream sources.
>
> Brent Christian has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   improve SERIAL_FILTER_PATTERN comment

Marked as reviewed by alanb (Reviewer).

src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Locale.java line 1649:

> 1647:      * <p>This implements the 'Language-Tag' production of BCP47, and
> 1648:      * so supports legacy (regular and irregular, referred to as
> 1649:      * {@code Type: grandfathered} in BCP47) as well as

You might consider putting quotes around "Type; grandfathered" here, otherwise looks good.

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


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