2008-03-14 Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org>

        PR classpath/34840
	* java/lang/AbstractStringBuffer.java:
	(append(CharSequence,int,int)): Just set
	sequence to "null" don't append it.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/java/lang/AbstractStringBuffer.java b/java/lang/AbstractStringBuffer.java
index b4071d237..dc3a8c9ec 100644
--- a/java/lang/AbstractStringBuffer.java
+++ b/java/lang/AbstractStringBuffer.java
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuffer
 
   /**
    * Append some characters from the <code>CharSequence</code> to this
-   * buffer.  If the argument is null, the four characters "null" are
-   * appended.
+   * buffer.  If the argument is null, the <code>seq</code> is assumed
+   * to be equal to the string <code>"null"</code>.
    *
    * @param seq the <code>CharSequence</code> providing the characters
    * @param start the starting index
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ abstract class AbstractStringBuffer
   public AbstractStringBuffer append(CharSequence seq, int start, int end)
   {
     if (seq == null)
-      return append("null");
+      seq = "null";
     if (end - start > 0)
       {
 	ensureCapacity_unsynchronized(count + end - start);