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List:       openjdk-serviceability-dev
Subject:    Re: RFR: 8293037: Remove DebuggerBase.writeBytes() and related code from SA
From:       Chris Plummer <cjplummer () openjdk ! org>
Date:       2022-08-30 16:27:20
Message-ID: _oekHMD4p6wJ60ieHGVuqsHJ5FCL9gZ-ZrlBO50jSKU=.bfa0454e-3b6a-4d38-b8fa-7686336b832e () github ! com
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:54:58 GMT, Chris Plummer <cjplummer@openjdk.org> wrote:

> DebuggerBase.writeBytes() is not needed. It is only called by a number of other \
> "write" methods, such as writeJBoolean(), but these methods are never called, so \
> they can be removed along with writeBytes(). Lastly, writeBytes() calls \
> writeBytesToProcess() which has no other callers, so it too can be removed. All it \
> currently does is throw an exception. I imagine there may have been some use for \
> this "write" capability 20+ years ago on Solaris/x86, or maybe it was part of \
> future plans that never panned out. In any case, it's all just baggage now that can \
> be removed.

Thanks Alex and Kevin!

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10068


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