cc'ing core-libs-dev. Despite the notation on JEP 306 I don't think
there's anyone from hotspot active in this area and most of the below is
about SE library classes.
David
On 7/12/2017 11:39 AM, A Z wrote:
These are Java SE questions.
-Is it likely that JEP 306 could be updated in a Java update, earlier?
Apart from the assertion 'will not fix', accurate floating point
is a massive requirement. It isn't very possible to do within-range
float or double multiplies, divides, powers, roots, or even things
in other classes like obtaining the distances between two points
(in Java2D and Java3D).
-Could there be a BigDecimal version of StrictMath
being put in to the standard libraries, under Java's own umbrella,
and not as someone else's separate library?
