On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:23:28 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> Per Minborg has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional
>> commit since the last revision:
>>
>> Update docs after comments
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/List.java line 1235:
>
>> 1233: * or more lazy elements. The returned list's {@linkplain
>> Object#toString() toString()}
>> 1234: * method never triggers initialization of elements. Instead, an
>> 1235: * implementation-dependant string is returned for uninitialized
>> elements.
>
> Suggestion:
>
> * implementation-dependent string is returned for uninitialized elements.
Design comment: I note some internal discomfort at the fact that
equals/hashCode trigger initialization, but toString does not... effectively
this would make replacing a regular immutable list with a lazy list not
possible in all cases. Not saying we should do anything now -- but something to
monitor
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27605#discussion_r2440214527
