RFR: 8304543: Modernize debugging jvm args in test/hotspot/jtreg/vmTestbase/nsk/jdi/Argument/value/value004.java

[Eirik Bjorsnos]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:34:19 GMT, Chris Plummer <cjplummer at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This is the first I've seen of this java.compiler setting w.r.t. debugging. Is this because at one point debugging required that the JIT be disabled, but no longer does? I found the following in com/sun/tools/jdi/SunCommandLineLauncher.java: and wonder if it is also dated and can be removed:

I do remember noticing this in my first pass throgh the code but think I miscategorized it as part of the implementation, not simply a use site, which it seems to be.

I'll file a separate PR for SunCommandLineLauncher. Thanks for catching this, Chris!

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13107#issuecomment-1476901357