On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 17:01:45 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aiva...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> The implementation of `Win32ShellFolder2.compareTo` is inconsistent: there > are cases where > `a < b & b < c but a == c` > which *violates its general contract*. > > In particular, it happens for the personal folder (*Documents*) if it is > listed *twice*: as a special and as a regular folder. > > The evaluation performed by the submitter of the bug provided enough details > to create a test, reproduce the problem and finally resolve it. > > Without the fix, the regression test always fails: > > a < b & b < c but a >= c > where > a = C:\Users<user>\Documents(true) > b = C:\Users<user>(false) > c = C:\Users<user>\Documents(false) > > as well as for the reverse case: `a > b & b > c`. > > How it is possible to have the same folder in a list of files twice remains > unknown. I believe it is another bug in JDK, however, no one has been able to > reproduce it so far. This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: 2fcb8168 Author: Alexey Ivanov <aiva...@openjdk.org> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/2fcb816858406f33cefef3164b2c85f9f996c7da Stats: 160 lines in 2 files changed: 158 ins; 0 del; 2 mod 8305072: Win32ShellFolder2.compareTo is inconsistent Reviewed-by: prr, serb ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18126
