On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 21:37:42 GMT, Jonathan Gibbons <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Sure we can; this relates to an earlier comment of yours on >> Utils.isDirectSupertype here: >> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/14357#discussion_r1222053011 > > The general criticism here is whether we should restrict in any way the set > of super types from which one can inherit documentation, and/or what should > the set of checks be? > > For example, if a method in C inherits a method in B that has no comment but > which inherits a method with a comment in A, then it seems unduly restrictive > to stop the method in C explicitly referencing the method in A, as compared > to only allowing a reference to B, which implicitly gets its comment from A. > > That being said, there is merit in starting off with restrictions and > loosening them in the face of experience, rather than trying to increase the > stylistic restrictions later. > Sure we can; this relates to an earlier comment of yours on > Utils.isDirectSupertype here: [#14357 > (comment)](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/14357#discussion_r1222053011) Thanks for tying these together; I had not realized they were related. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14357#discussion_r1222203243
