RFR: 8326716: JVMTI spec: clarify what nullptr means for C/C++ developers [v2]

[Alan Bateman]

On Fri, 17 May 2024 00:38:07 GMT, Serguei Spitsyn <sspitsyn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmti.xml line 1008:
>> 
>>> 1006:     function descriptions.  Empty lists, arrays, sequences, etc are
>>> 1007:     returned as <code>nullptr</code> which is C programming language
>>> 1008:     <code>null</code> pointer.
>> 
>> Perhaps instead something like
>> 
>> "returned as a null pointer (C <code>NULL</code> or C++ <code>nullptr</code>)."
>> 
>> "null pointer" is the generic phrase used in both the C and C++ standards.
>
> Thank you, Kim. I like this suggestion. Updated now.

That part looks okay but I think all the parameters and error descriptions changed by JDK-8324680 will now need to change to use "null" instead of "nullptr".

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19257#discussion_r1604344850