On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 11:01:22 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> It was already a puzzler for me to figure out `id` cannot be used for
>> `label`, and `label` cannot be used for `id` either. Both are due to the
>> fact that `label` can be shared across instances, whereas `id` cannot. In
>> short, I've found it very helpful to thoroughly document their these fields'
>> properties and what they serve for. Unless you have a strong objection, I'd
>> like to keep the current form of documentation.
>
> Hello Volkan, I think having the mention of ordering on the `id` field is OK.
> I still find it confusing to have this sentence on the `label`:
>
>>
>> As a result, compared to {@link #id}, this label does not give a total order
>> among instances.
>
> To me, this feels odd because `label` being a `String` typically wouldn't
> have been considered to be playing a role in ordering. Plus, in isolation,
> it's not clear what ordering this talks about (Daniel did explain to me that
> the `id` field is used in ordering of open connections. I haven't yet looked
> deeper at that code to see where that happens).
>
> In any case, this is an internal class so if we do decide to use the current
> proposed text, that's OK with me.
I agree with Jaikiran: I would just remove the last sentence in this pargraph.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24154#discussion_r2024607986
