On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:35 PM, Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhal...@oracle.com>
wrote:
>> […]
>> private int firstNonzeroIntNum() {
>> int fn = firstNonzeroIntNumPlusTwo - 2;
>
> I made all suggested changes except the third line below. Why do we test for
> equality with -3? If the primitive int default value of zero is used, for
> firstNonzeroIntNumPlusTwo, as it is, then we should still test whether fn
> equals -2, n'est-ce pas?
>
Oops, Oui. You can probably tell i was experimenting with PlusThree to take
into account a 0 magnitude.
>
>> --
>>
>> We can revisit and clean things up if/when the JMM is updated.
>
> Is there an issue for JMM update to which a comment with a link to this
> thread could be added?
>
No, there are no issues yet, the discussions are still in flux and nothing
concrete has been decided yet. Probably the best way to track as a reminder is
to add a new issue for BigInteger to revisit stable fields (JMM) and Unsafe use
(Enhanced Volatiles).
Paul.
