On Thu, 20 May 2021 20:12:07 GMT, Rémi Forax <fo...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> I don't think that using PrintWriter is a good idea here given that a > PrintWriter shallow the IOException Good point, but... PrintStream does also and it is used frequently for Stdout and Stderr. OutputStreamWriter would be a better choice with that in mind. It does not have the convenience methods for converting various types to strings but would not hide the exceptions. Developers could wrap it in a PrintWriter to get the convenience and take on the responsibility of dealing with exceptions by polling. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4134