JDK 8 code review request for 6838776 Defer initialization of static fields in java.math.BigInteger

[Joe Darcy]

Mike Duigou wrote:
> Looks good. Nice little performance tweak.
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> You may want to use ExceptionInInitializerError rather than plain Error.
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Yes; the more precise exception is better.  I've also moved the 
initialization of unsafe into the try block; updated webrev:

    http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/6838776.1/

Thanks,

-Joe

> Mike
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> On Sep 2 2011, at 17:44 , joe.darcy at oracle.com wrote:
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>> Hello.
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>> Please review this change to only instantiated an Unsafe object in BigInteger and BigDecimal if serialization is done:
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>>   6838776 Defer initialization of static fields in java.math.BigInteger
>>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/6838776.0/
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>> Thanks,
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>> -Joe
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