On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:43:36 GMT, Chen Liang <li...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> I cannot say the name is confusing because I actually don't know what it >> means. Over the years I've learnt to read it as `isParentOf`. > > I think it refers to the concept of > > Exception ex = new ClassCastException(); > > So `Exception.class.isAssignableFrom(ClassCastException.class)` is true. > > I agree this name is confusing indeed. `ec.isInstance(e)` make sense here ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26734#discussion_r2270651868