# HG changeset patch
# User Doug Simon <doug.simon@oracle.com>
# Date 1400885660 -7200
# Node ID 70bb12bdd1786663478e77dc107896c6b8a12536
# Parent  6dcf8ab4ad86ef8dd7c5f317bd54be59a444a5a8
added clarifying comment

diff -r 6dcf8ab4ad86 -r 70bb12bdd178 graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/HotSpotOptionsLoader.java
--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/HotSpotOptionsLoader.java	Sat May 24 00:46:33 2014 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.hotspot/src/com/oracle/graal/hotspot/HotSpotOptionsLoader.java	Sat May 24 00:54:20 2014 +0200
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
         for (int len : lengths) {
             boolean printedCase = false;
 
+            // The use of strncmp is required (instead of strcmp) as the option name will not be
+            // null terminated for <name>=<value> style options.
             if (len == "PrintFlags".length() && isBoolean) {
                 printedCase = true;
                 out.println("    case " + len + ":");