Review Request: BigInteger patch for efficient multiplication and division (#4837946)

[Brian Burkhalter]

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> From: Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhalter at oracle.com>
> Subject: Re: core-libs-dev Digest, Vol 68, Issue 113
> Date: January 2, 2013 5:02:10 PM PST
> To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net
> 
> 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
>> Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP2745F8AA2A40C750C8B0113C63E0 at phx.gbl>
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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