The assert occurs in
private Appendable print(StringBuilder sb, Calendar t, char c,
Locale l)
due to
assert(width == -1);
not being satisfied. The proposed fix is to remove this assert statement which
appears to be vestigial. Regression and compatibility testing did not reveal
any failures due to removing this statement.
--- old/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java 2013-01-16
12:22:55.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java 2013-01-16
12:22:55.000000000 -0800
@@ -3827,7 +3827,6 @@
Locale l)
throws IOException
{
- assert(width == -1);
if (sb == null)
sb = new StringBuilder();
switch © {
Thanks,
Brian