core-libs-dev Digest, Vol 68, Issue 113

[Brian Burkhalter]

Hello Tim,

Thank you for the updates. We'll take a closer look at this as soon as practically feasible. I have only recently been transferred into the core-libs area and expect to be dealing with the learning curve for some time to come.

Regards,

Brian

> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:18:01 +0100
> From: Tim Buktu <tbuktu at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Review Request: BigInteger patch for efficient multiplication
> 	and	division (#4837946)
> To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net
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> 
> Hello,
> 
> I updated my patch that speeds up multiplication and division of large
> BigIntegers. The changes vs. the older patch were trivial.
> 
> BigInteger.java: https://gist.github.com/1576025
> Diff against current BigInteger: https://gist.github.com/1576016
> 
> The patch to the unit test still applies.
> BigIntegerTest.java: https://gist.github.com/1586990
> Diff against current BigIntegerTest.java: https://gist.github.com/1586984
> 
> See the original posts at
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2012-January/008860.html
> and
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2012-January/008875.html
> 
> Comments and critique are appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim