On Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:27:11 GMT, Roger Riggs <rri...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> True. Which raises the question: do we need any arbitrary order? The >> original code used a hashmap too. It preserved the original order only when >> no duplicates were detected. > > A stable order is useful when comparing between builds (by a human). > It also supports the goal of reproducible builds. > @naotoj What do you think? IIUC, once this fix makes it to the repository, the build will be reproducible. Making it to be sorted is a welcome enhancement (I compare the generated bundles manually from time to time), but it may be costly so it could defy the performance improvement? ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9243
