Name: nt126004 Date: 08/21/2001


java version "1.4.0-beta_refresh"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-beta_refresh-b73)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-beta_refresh-b73, mixed mode)

OS: Solaris 9 s9_43 SPARC


Java 1.4 behaves differently than java 1.3 and earlier.

Class: java.io.PrintStream
Method: print(char)

Before print(255) would pass 255 through un-changed. This is an escape
char used by telnet, as well as others. I have a telnet emulation program
that uses codes 250-255 which ran under Java 1.2 and 1.3 without issue.

In java 1.4 beta, I have confirmed that java.io.PrintStream is translating
the codes 250-255 into code 63 (a question mark). I have changed the code
to call write(255) instead of print(255) as a workaround.

However, I still regard this interface change as an actual bug. There is
no character set translation going on, and should be no reason to translate
these escape-chars to question marks.

(Review ID: 130315)
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