Informative update to BigDecimal and related classes to latest IEEE 754 terminology, including a discussion of the similarities and differences of BigDecimal and IEEE 754 decimal arithmetic.
Once the wording is finalized, I'll reflow any modified paragraphs and update the copyright years, etc. ------------- Commit messages: - 8261366: Add discussion of IEEE 754 to BigDecimal Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2868/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2868&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8261366 Stats: 88 lines in 3 files changed: 60 ins; 3 del; 25 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2868.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/2868/head:pull/2868 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2868
