On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 22:00:29 GMT, David Holmes <dhol...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Instead of "common case where a wrapped exception is thrown from same >> method" could one write "common case where an enclosing exception is thrown >> from the same method"? > > Note that we don't throw the "wrapped exception" we throw the exception that > wraps it. The "wrapped exception" is the original cause. The wording as > presented now is correct in that regard. You could also say "Throwing a > wrapper exception (i.e. one that has a cause)" - I think both are > grammatically correct. > > The later text "where a wrapped exception is thrown from the same method" is > again incorrect because the wrapped exception (the cause) is not what gets > thrown. But I find that whole sentence rather jarring anyway - I'm not > certain exactly what it means. I'm inclined to revert this change on Throwable.java:68, because of the lack of consensus. It clearly is not a simple typo. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/5610
