RFR 7131192: BigInteger.doubleValue() is depressingly slow

[Brian Burkhalter]

I'll update this but without reposting the webrev until I can upload the HTML version.

On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Louis Wasserman wrote:

> You're right, it'd be WIDTH - 1, but since most of the comments refer to BITS + 1, that evens out nicely.
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> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Brian Burkhalter<brian.burkhalter at oracle.com> wrote:
> Would it be WIDTH or WIDTH - 1, i.e., with or without the "implied" bit?
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> On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Louis Wasserman wrote:
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> > The comments mention SIGNIFICAND_BITS, which I think should probably be SIGNIFICAND_WIDTH?