I’ll remove the code and elucidate in the commentary. 

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> On Apr 3, 2021, at 8:08 PM, David Holmes <david.hol...@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> On 4/04/2021 12:02 am, Jim Laskey wrote:
>> Is it in bad form to declare a #define CLOSE_JIMAGE 0 ?
> 
> Still dead code.
> 
> This is a core-libs style call anyway.
> 
> Cheers,
> David
> 
>> 📱
>>>> On Apr 3, 2021, at 9:49 AM, David Holmes <david.hol...@oracle.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 2/04/2021 5:34 pm, Alan Bateman wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 18:48:15 GMT, Jim Laskey <jlas...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>>>>>> src/java.base/share/native/libjimage/imageFile.cpp line 219:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 217: // WARNING: Should never close the jimage file.
>>>>>>> 218: //          Threads may still be running at shutdown.
>>>>>>> 219: #if 0
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Are you keeping the code in order to re-visit it again? Just wondering 
>>>>>> why it's not deleted.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Leaving the code as an example of what is required to close in case the 
>>>>> topic gets revisited in the future and I get hit by a bus or dementia.
>>>> Okay although I assume someone will spot this and be tempted to remove it.
>>> 
>>> I didn't comment on this as I assumed it would contravene core-libs coding 
>>> guidelines. I'm suprised to see dead code kept this way (there are existing 
>>> cases elsewhere but it isn't considered good form). Previous code can 
>>> always be retrieved from the repo history.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> David
>>> 
>>>> -------------
>>>> PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3304

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