On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:17:00 GMT, Jim Laskey <jlas...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/AbstractStringBuilder.java line 1839:
>>
>>> 1837: * @throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException if the result
>>> overflows the buffer
>>> 1838: */
>>> 1839: public AbstractStringBuilder repeat(char c, int count) {
>>
>> The shadowing of the count field is a hidden maintenance trap.
>
> I know but Stuart requested it.
But this method is overridden in the subclasses. We may keep it `count` in
subclasses for the API but use different name here for the implementation. What
do you think?
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12728
