> Locale APIs which accept BCP 47 tags use hyphen for multiple variant subtags. 
> Locale APIs that accept multiple (non BCP 47 subtag) variants use 
> underscores. For example,
> 
> `Locale.of` supports multiple variants separated by underscore.
> `Locale.forLanguageTag` supports multiple variants separated by hyphen.
> `Locale.Builder.setLanguageTag` supports multiple variants separated by 
> hyphen.
> `Locale.Builder.setVariant` supports multiple variants separated by either 
> underscore or hyphen. 
> 
> The current wording is not detailed enough and implies both formats are 
> interchangeable within `Locale`. This PR updates the wording to make this 
> more apparent. Note that I left the constructor behavior out in the new 
> wording as to not call attention to it.

Justin Lu has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit 
since the last revision:

  Describe basis for underscore support

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29970/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29970/files/bae0ef72..e161204b

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29970&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29970&range=00-01

  Stats: 3 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 3 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29970.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/29970/head:pull/29970

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29970

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