RFR: 8286983: Add mention of "Preview Feature" for new loom related jdb and debug agent options [v2]

Alan Bateman alanb at openjdk.java.net
Mon May 23 18:37:49 UTC 2022


On Mon, 23 May 2022 02:52:38 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> I was really trying to emphasize that the flag is preview, and therefore may change or go away.  If I change as  you suggest, the reader could imply that as long as virtual threads support is in place, then the flag will be also (and in its current form).
>
> I agree with @plummercj , this is documenting that the flag is itself a "preview feature" and thus subject to change.

I don't think it is correct to say that this command line option is a preview feature. Maybe it can be clarified on a second line, something like:


-trackvthreads    track virtual threads as they are created
                             Virtual threads are a preview API.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8780


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