On Fri, 14 May 2021 21:54:46 GMT, Daniel D. Daugherty <dcu...@openjdk.org>
wrote:
>> test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/monitoring/ThreadInfo/getLockOwnerName/getLockOwnerName.java
>> line 150:
>>
>>> 148: System.err.println("where:");
>>> 149: System.err.println(" -p ::= print debug info");
>>> 150: System.err.println(" time_max ::= max looping time in
>>> seconds");
>>
>> `::=` doesn't seem to be a convention we use in help output other than in
>> the other recent tests you've added.
>
> It's a grammar notational style from my compiler theory days.
> I've used '::=' and ':=' for years. What would you like it changed to?
> Or can I just leave it and try to use '-' in the future?
The convention for java tools seems to be to just use tabs to align the start
of the argument descriptions:
-p print debug info
time_max max looping time in seconds
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3478
