RFR: 5035569: assertion error in Formatter

[Joe Darcy]

Hi Brian,

Looks fine; cheers,

-Joe

On 2/1/2013 10:59 AM, Brian Burkhalter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The assertion is due to a condition occurring which is contrary to the specification. The specification is accurate but insufficiently forthcoming that the %a conversion is unsupported for BigDecimal. This change clarifies the situation by updating the conversion table which occurs earlier in the class comments.
>
> diff -r d2495b9984fa -r 4770eaa01d38 src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java
> --- a/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java	Fri Feb 01 07:39:41 2013 +0800
> +++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java	Fri Feb 01 10:46:23 2013 -0800
> @@ -351,7 +351,9 @@
>    * <tr><td valign="top">{@code 'a'}, {@code 'A'}
>    *     <td valign="top"> floating point
>    *     <td> The result is formatted as a hexadecimal floating-point number with
> - *     a significand and an exponent
> + *     a significand and an exponent. This conversion is <b>not</b> supported
> + *     for the {@code BigDecimal} type despite the latter's being in the
> + *     <i>floating point</i> argument category.
>    *
>    * <tr><td valign="top">{@code 't'}, {@code 'T'}
>    *     <td valign="top"> date/time
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian