On Fri, 14 May 2021 22:41:28 GMT, Chris Plummer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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
Fixed.
>> This new test is a variation of a 20 year old test that I recently ported to
>> JVM/TI
>> and integrated. 20 years ago, it was much simpler to write the test this way.
>> I could create a separate Thread subclass for each "role", but I'd rather not
>> do that since it will no longer be easy to compare this test to its siblings.
>>
>> As for lambdas, I know absolutely zero about writing lambda code.
>
> Ok. I get it about lambdas, but they can be useful for simplifying thread
> tasks without creating a subclass. Here are a few examples, but no need for
> you to replicate any them:
>
>
> // create thread with specified method as the "run" method
> Thread t = new Thread(this::testMethod);
> t.start();
>
>
>
> // create thread with the specified code block as the "run" method
> Thread t1 = new Thread(() -> {
> synchronized (lock1) {
> System.out.println("Thread in sync section 1: "
> + Thread.currentThread().getName());
> test1();
> }
>
>
>
> // create a static Runnable object using a lambda and use it as the
> Runnable for a new Thread
> static final Runnable CONSUMER = () -> {
> remove(QUEUE);
> };
> ...
> Thread t = new Thread(CONSUMER);
I'll pass on the lambdas.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3478
