Clarify comment

garydgregory · garydgregory · commit cb2b7b69fdb3 · 2025-11-01T06:48:20.000-04:00
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DaitchMokotoffSoundex.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/DaitchMokotoffSoundex.java
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ private String[] soundex(final String source, final boolean branching) {
             if (rules == null) {
                 continue;
             }
-            // use an EMPTY_LIST to avoid false positive warnings wrt potential null pointer access
+            // Use an EMPTY_LIST to avoid false positive warnings regarding potential null pointer access.
             final List<Branch> nextBranches = branching ? new ArrayList<>() : Collections.emptyList();
             for (final Rule rule : rules) {
                 if (rule.matches(inputContext)) {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ private String[] soundex(final String source, final boolean branching) {`
`456`	`456`	`if (rules == null) {`
`457`	`457`	`continue;`
`458`	`458`	`}`
`459`		`- // use an EMPTY_LIST to avoid false positive warnings wrt potential null pointer access`
	`459`	`+ // Use an EMPTY_LIST to avoid false positive warnings regarding potential null pointer access.`
`460`	`460`	`final List<Branch> nextBranches = branching ? new ArrayList<>() : Collections.emptyList();`
`461`	`461`	`for (final Rule rule : rules) {`
`462`	`462`	`if (rule.matches(inputContext)) {`