Re: [PATCH] Implement a noop clear() for Collections#EMPTY_LIST

[David Holmes]

On 23/05/2016 8:43 PM, Paul Sandoz wrote:

Hi Naufal,

Thanks for looking at this.

For us to accept your patch (no matter how small) you need to become a 
contributor, which requires that you agree to the Oracle Contributor Agreement 
(OCA), see:

  http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/

Simple patches can be accepted without an OCA

http://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#participant

Cheers,
David

Thanks,
Paul.

On 22 May 2016, at 12:10, Mohamed Naufal <naufa...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

A call to clear() on Collections#EMPTY_LIST is currently redirected to
AbstractList#clear(), which performs a bunch of checks and creates a
ListItr object, all of which is unnecessary for an EmptyList.

PFA a patch that implements a noop clear() for EmptyList.

Thanks,
Naufal
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