Hmm… apparently simple patches can be accepted without OCA as pointed out by David:
http://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#participant <http://openjdk.java.net/bylaws#participant> Paul. > On 23 May 2016, at 13:25, David Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> <EmptyList_clear.diff> >>
