On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:38:50 GMT, Carter Kozak <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> `Throwable.printStackTrace()` will use `StringBuilder` as well, won't it?
>
> I don't think so, it appends directly do something like System.err (default)
> or another PrintStream/PrintWriter without fully holding the string value on
> heap. If it supported overloads for Appendable/StringBuilder, that would be
> fantastic, but that would expand the scope of this PR. Is that something you
> would support?
I think we could create another PR adding suggested
default Appendable append(int value) {
return append(Integer.toString(value));
}
to `Appendable` if other JDK developers find it reasonable. Otherwise let's
keep it as is.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9665
