On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:39:01 GMT, Justin Lu <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> I was considering the case for `jshell`, where its `System.console()` >> returns a `Console` instance regardless of the `isTTY` state: >> >> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/bd55d7a49514da9fa4de0d4a372956e21deab4d2/src/jdk.jshell/share/classes/jdk/jshell/execution/impl/ConsoleImpl.java#L70 >> >> That led me to use `may` in the updated spec. I'd appreciate your >> suggestions on wording. > > Since the decision of whether a console exists is dependent on the > implementation as specified, > >> Whether a virtual machine has a console is dependent upon the underlying >> platform > > And the existing wording in this paragraph uses open-ended words such as > "may" and "typically", it makes sense to me that this change would follow the > same style of wording. If you wanted to concretely define what this > implementation does, using one of the `@impl` tags to describe the behavior > could be an option? Okay, so the intent is to specify that it is implementation or configuration specific as to whether there is a Console when standard input or output, but not both, are redirected, is that right? What should users expect isTerminal to return in this case? ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26299#discussion_r2217642624
