> On 11 Apr 2016, at 10:36, Michael Haupt <michael.ha...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > please review this change. > Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8153637 > Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mhaupt/8153637/webrev.00/ > > The countedLoop implementation currently initialises the loop counter to the > start value and, because this takes place in the very first loop clause, > increments it immediately, leading to start+1 being passed to the first body > invocation. The solution passes counter-1 to body. Alternatives that were > considered include initialising the counter to start-1 (possible counting > range is diminished), and to reorder loop clauses to move counter increment > to the end of the loop (requires argument permutation). >
This seems like a pragmatic compromise, and there is still wiggle room to change the implementation to something else. Paul.
