On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 15:26:35 GMT, Raffaello Giulietti <rgiulie...@openjdk.org>
wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/String.java line 2467:
>>
>>> 2465: *
>>> 2466: * <p>As consequence of these rules, if {@code fromIndex} is
>>> greater than
>>> 2467: * or equal to {@code toIndex}, then {@code -1} is returned.
>>
>> Are there other examples in String where the equivalent of fromIndex >
>> toIndex doesn't throw?
>
> I simply extrapolated the behavior from `indexOf(int ch,int fromIndex), which
> has a similar note:
>
> * There is no restriction on the value of {@code fromIndex}. If it
> * is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire
> * string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this
> * string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of
> * this string: {@code -1} is returned.
This is the behavior of the underlying implementation as well.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12600
