On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 09:48:14 GMT, xpbob <d...@openjdk.java.net> wrote:
> * Constructs an empty list with an initial capacity of ten > > => > > * Constructs an empty list with default sized empty instances. > > > private static final Object[] DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA = {}; > > DEFAULTCAPACITY_EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA is empty and the length is 0 Yes that is the point, the backing array does not need to be allocated if there will be no element. Thanks. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7799