Hi Jim,

I would agree about code points in methods that refer to code points and need a more precise notation.  However, trim() is not one of them and the alternative 0x format is quite acceptable. Would the syntax for raw string literals (not there yet) make the source more readable?

Roger


On 5/8/2018 9:36 AM, Jim Laskey wrote:
Roger,

You withdrew the comment from the CSR so I assumed that you had changed your 
mind.

Stuart, Sherman and Joe have be pushing the use of codepoints versus char (or 
ASCII) in new character related comments hence the choice of ‘\unnnn' notation. 
Unfortunately, unicode preprocessing vs backslash processing vs Javadoc does 
not allow the '\\u0020' in comments (it ends up being '\\u0020’ in the Javadoc) 
and '\u0020’ just ends up being ‘ ‘.

Cheers,

— Jim




On May 8, 2018, at 10:04 AM, Roger Riggs <roger.ri...@oracle.com> wrote:

Hi Jim,

The use of \u005c in the source makes the source code unreadable.
The more conventional use of the 0x prefix (i.e. 0x0130) is preferred.
Though \u is necessary in some cases, it should be avoided where a more 
readable alternative is available.

Thanks, Roger


On 5/8/2018 8:19 AM, Jim Laskey wrote:
Comment change approved in CSR

webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlaskey/8200372/webrev/index.html
JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200372
CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8196005

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