JDK 8 RFR 4891331: BigInteger a.multiply(a) should use squaring code

[Brian Burkhalter]

Thanks, Joe.

I'll update the @implNote accordingly before integration assuming the Windows numbers corroborate the other results.

Brian

On Oct 24, 2013, at 1:09 AM, Joe Darcy wrote:

> I approve the code implementation changes going back contingent on the Windows i7 performance results being similar.
> 
> I would change the @implNote to something less specific:
> 
> "An implementation may offer better algorithmic performance when {@code val == this}."
> 
> Thanks for running the additional performance numbers; cheers,