On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 17:41:02 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <b...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/DataOutputStream.java line 44: >> >>> 42: * the underlying output stream, hence there is no guarantee as to >>> 43: * the details of how the bytes are written. >>> 44: * >> >> I'd drop "merely". >> >> I would not want to give any assurances about whether the bytes of an >> encoded primitive were written individually or as a group. >> For the primitive types the value is encoded and written as one or more >> bytes to the underlying stream. > >> I would not want to give any assurances about whether the bytes of an >> encoded primitive were written individually or as a group. > > Would it be helpful to add further verbiage? > > For example, the sequence of bytes comprising the primitive data type may be > written as more than one packet of bytes. "packet" is network centric terminology. Perhaps something like: "may be written individually or in any grouping of bytes" ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14791#discussion_r1256254810
