Request for sponsor: 4421494 infinite loop while parsing double literal

[Dmitry Nadezhin]

I put a combined changeset fixing bugs 4421494 and 4396272
as comment #2 and comment #3 to OpenJDK bugzilla report:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/show_bug.cgi?id=100119

  -Dima

Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
> Dmitry Nadezhin wrote:
>> Hello Joe,
>>
>> Thank you for the sponsorship of the bug 4421494.
>>
>> I can also prepare a fix for another related bug 4396272
>> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4396272
>>
>> The bug 4396272 is blinking because it occurs only when HotSpot 
>> chooses double value set and it doesn't occur
>> with double-extended-exponent value set.
>> The suggested fix will be in FloatingDecimal too, though in other line.
>>
>> What is more convenient to you
>> a) if I combine both fixes of 4421494 and 4396272 in a single 
>> changeset now;
>> b) if I postpone submitting of the fix 4396272 until 4421494 is in 
>> the JDK
>> ?
>
> If the first fix is just a one-liner, combining the two fixes is 
> easier overall.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Joe