Hi Alan, In discussions with others, my thoughts have changed.
I describe the issue in more detail[1] and have a new plan: 1. Add new locale insensitive APIs and recommend users to use them in new > code. > > I hope this step can be implemented in Java 21. > > 2. Add a new system property that allows users to configure the behavior of > these two methods. > > 3. Gradually clean up the use cases inside JDK. > > Since this involves a dozen modules and hundreds of source files, I > need to > split them into many PRs, and some of them require CSR. Reviewing them > may > take a long time, this step will be done slowly in the future. > > 4. Deprecate the two methods. > > This step may take place much later. > I hope to prioritize the first step now, at least introducing a new clean API in Java 21. Do you have any opinions on this plan? Glavo [1] https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2023-April/104118.html On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 3:04 PM Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com> wrote: > On 13/04/2023 15:58, Glavo wrote: > > : > > > > I thought it might be more efficient to discuss after creating a draft > PR. > > It seems that it is difficult to attract more experts to participate > > in the > > discussion only on the mailing list. Do you have any suggestions for > this? > > > > This proposal is not something to be hurried. It could be massively > disruptive change and would need to be looked at in the context of all > APIs that use the default locale. It would also need to be looked at in > the context of new developers starting out and just wanting to get a toy > program working. It might be confusing for new developers to find > themselves using a neutral locale. If a new developer is forced to > choose between Locale.ROOT and Locale.getDefault() during their first > week of coding then it will give a terrible first impression. > > One of your messages lists cleaning up usages in the JDK. Auditing the > usages to identify any cases that should be changed from using the > default locale to Locale.ROOT would be a contribution. So if you have > the energy to do that they it would be useful to start. > > -Alan. >
