Thread.single_step field, anything using it? (original) (raw)

Alan Bateman Alan.Bateman at oracle.com
Tue Dec 19 11:06:01 UTC 2017


I've been going through the fields in java.lang.Thread and I'm wondering if this field can be removed:

    /* Whether or not to single_step this thread. */     private boolean     single_step;

This field was used in the original Classic VM (pre-OpenJDK history). It doesn't appear to be used in the HotSpot VM.

Does anyone know of any reason to keep it? Are there other VMs using it by any chance?

-Alan



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