On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 21:40:38 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <b...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Add a disclaimer to `java.io.DataOutputStream` to the effect that it makes no 
> guarantee as to how the underlying output stream actually writes the bytes 
> provided to it.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/DataOutputStream.java line 44:

> 42:  * the underlying output stream, hence there is no guarantee as to
> 43:  * the details of how the bytes are written.
> 44:  *

I'd drop "merely".

I would not want to give any assurances about whether the bytes of an encoded 
primitive were written individually or as a group.  
For the primitive types the value is encoded and written as one or more bytes 
to the underlying stream.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14791#discussion_r1255901199

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