The reference implementation doesn't make sense in this example, and it is highly unlikely that any application will be dependent upon this behavior, so I propose that we do not apply this patch.
If anyone objects to this decision I will happily reopen it. Regards, Tim Vladimir Ivanov (JIRA) wrote: > [classlib][math]compatibility: different values for BigDecimal(null, > mc).toBigInteger() for Harmony and RI > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HARMONY-786 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-786 > Project: Harmony > Type: Bug > > Components: Classlib > Reporter: Vladimir Ivanov > > > The Harmony method java.math.BigDecimal(BigInteger, mc).toBigInteger() > returns 'null' while RI returns -9223372036854775808. > > =============== test.java ===================== > import java.math.*; > public class test { > public static void main(String args[] ) { > System.out.println("" + new BigDecimal((BigInteger) null, > MathContext.UNLIMITED).toBigInteger()) ; > } > } > =========================================== > > Output: > C:\tmp\tmp17>C:\jdk1.5.0_06\bin\java.exe -showversion test > java version "1.5.0_06" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05) > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05, mixed mode) > > -9223372036854775808 > > C:\tmp\tmp17>C:\jrockit-jdk1.5.0-windows-ia32\bin\java.exe -showversion test > java version "1.5.0" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-b64) > BEA WebLogic JRockit(R) (build dra-38972-20041208-2001-win-ia32, R25.0.0-75, > GC: System optimized over throughput (initial strategy singleparpar)) > > null > > C:\tmp\tmp17>C:\harmony\trunk_0427\deploy\jdk\jre\bin\java.exe -showversion > test > java version 1.5 (subset) > > (c) Copyright 1991, 2006 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as > applicable. > null > > -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
