[commit-cp] RE: [bugs #11728] String.split() function return worng results for a String with TAB delimiters "t"

[Amit Jain]

Thanks Timo for looking in to this.

I am using open source for the first time. How does this fix get in to the 
GNU source codes for future releases.

Who is going to own this fix? You?

-Amit
> From: Timo Lindfors <address@hidden>
> To: Amit <address@hidden>, Timo Lindfors <address@hidden>, 
> address@hidden
> Subject: [bugs #11728] String.split() function return worng results for a 
> String with TAB delimiters "t"
> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 21:43:20 +0000
>
> Follow-up Comment #1, bugs #11728 (project classpath):
>
> I'm not sure but it seems to me that this is caused by
> the construct
>
> while (...) {
>   ...
>   while(empties-- > 0)
>     list.add("");
>   ...
> }
>
> in java.util.regex.Pattern.split(input, limit). Idea is probably to call
> list.add empties times. However, if empties is already zero the construct
> will decrease it to -1. This will cause incorrect behavior on next 
> iteration
> of the while loop and skip one empty token.
>
> The attached patch works for me and your testcase.
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> proposed patch
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