RFR 8005311: Add Scalable Updatable Variables, DoubleAccumulator, DoubleAdder, LongAccumulator, LongAdder

[Doug Lea]

On 01/11/13 11:35, Peter Levart wrote:
> On 01/11/2013 05:18 PM, Chris Hegarty wrote:
>> Now with explicit disclaimer on DoubleA*
>>
>> "The order of accumulation within or across threads is not guaranteed. Thus,
>> this class may not be applicable if numerical stability is required when
>> combining values of substantially different orders of magnitude."
>
> It doesn't have to be substantially different order of magnitude.
>

Thanks. Chris, please add "especially":

"The order of accumulation within or across threads is not guaranteed. Thus, 
this class may not be applicable if numerical stability is required, especially 
  when combining values of substantially different orders of magnitude."


-Doug