> Apologies Patrick, that's me who misread you. I assume I had a mix of your
> reply, our recent conversation and David’s question in my head.

No problem


> About your actual reply. That's probably a matter of taste, since nowhere else
> except for this particular method this thing is not used (in 
> java.nio.file.Files
> BUFFER_SIZE const is referenced 3 times).
> It's more like java.io.InputStream#MAX_SKIP_BUFFER_SIZE, which is more of an
> explanatory purpose than anything else, I suppose.
> 

You’re right, I would have added such a constant, as it could be used at least 
twice:

[..]
byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
for (int read; (read = this.read(buffer, 0, BUFFER_SIZE)) > -1;
[..]

> -Pavel
> 
>> On 9 Dec 2014, at 23:05, Patrick Reinhart <patr...@reini.net> wrote:
>> 
>> You got exactly my point :-)  I will try to improve my english and express 
>> myself more clearly the next time ;-)
> 


-Patrick

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