On Thu, 11 May 2023 10:24:34 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Ah - I see that `PrintStream` lock can be accessed through SharedSecrets... >> Hmmm. OK - then maybe I should leave InternalLock alone and just use >> ReentrantLock. Let me prototype that. > >> Ah - I see that PrintStream lock can be accessed through SharedSecrets > > I think Alan was talking about the > > protected Object lock > > on `java.io.Reader` and `java.io.Writer` classes which can be manipulated by > their sub-classes and that's what prompted the creation of the new type, - > `InternalLock` class. Yes - but InternalLock is not only used in those cases. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13832#discussion_r1190998001