> A follow-up of sorts to JDK-8257086, this change aims to improve the > discussion of the relationship between Object.equals and compareTo and > compare methods. The not-consistent-with-equals natural ordering of > BigDecimal get more explication too. While updating Object, I added some uses > of apiNote and implSpec, as appropriate. While a signum method did not exist > when Comparable was added, it has existed for many years so I removed > obsolete text that defined a "sgn" function to compute signum. > > Once the changes are agreed to, I'll reflow paragraphs and update the > copyright years.
Joe Darcy has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision: - Reflow paragraphs. - Update copyright year. ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2471/files - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2471/files/e27b6772..51575059 Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2471&range=07 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2471&range=06-07 Stats: 92 lines in 4 files changed: 8 ins; 2 del; 82 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2471.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/2471/head:pull/2471 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2471
