On 7/18/2013 3:20 PM, Brian Burkhalter wrote:
Hi Joe,
On Jul 17, 2013, at 10:31 PM, Joe Darcy wrote:
In the javadoc change, is there a reason for
[1, 12],
rather than just
[1, 12],
?
Not really.
The update should discuss how normal (that is non-subnormal) values are handled
with reduced precision.
The change should include tests of the newly specified behavior.
The requested changes have been made, tested, and incorporated into the webrev
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bpb/6476168/
Hello,
A spec quibble "decimal separator" isn't really the appropriate term for
the hex formatting.
I think some more test cases and needed:
* Subnormal result rounding up to normal range under reduced precision.
Something like nextDown(Double.MIN_NORMAL) (a subnormal value) rounded
to between 1 and 11 digits of precision.
* Double.MAX_VALUE rounded to fewer than 12 digits. Offhand, I'm not
sure what the implementation will do here; returning infinity or a hex
string with an extra big exponent are both defensible.
Thanks,
-Joe
