What's the precise definition of an "Internal Name"

Hi,

This
<https://gitlab.ow2.org/asm/asm/blob/master/asm/src/test/java/org/objectweb/asm/TypeTest.java#L297>
test
compares the output of 'Type.getInternalName(Object[].class)' to the
string "[Ljava/lang/Object;", which *is not an internal name *as specified
by the jvm specs
<https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se10/html/jvms-4.html#jvms-4.2.1>.
The correct internal name of 'Object[]' should be 'java/lang/Object[]', as
it's binary name is 'java.lang.Object[]'(
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se10/html/jls-13.html#jls-13.1),
and the internal name equals binary name with '.'s replaced with '/'s. The
implementation of this method just replaces '.'s with '/'s in the output of
'Class.getName'.

I suspect the reason to be difference in terminology used. Would appreciate
if anyone could clarify the situation. Also, the method isn't used anywhere
outside of tests.

-- 
Best Regards
Sagar Tewari


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