Tim Ellison wrote: > 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.
+1 (I pondered suggesting returning BigDecimal.valueOf(0), but that's not right either... Hard to imagine why the behavior of BigDecimal(null) is unspecified...) geir > > 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 >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
