JDK 8 RFR 6910473: BigInteger range

[Joe Darcy]

On 10/30/2013 12:42 PM, Brian Burkhalter wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> So this would be approved provided: 1) "@test" -> "@ test" in the new 
> tests (add a space between "@" and "test"), and 2) an issue is filed 
> to convert these back to JTREG tests in JDK 9?

Correct.

Cheers,

-Joe

>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
> On Oct 30, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Joe Darcy wrote:
>
>> The code changes look fine. From a correctness standpoint, the tests 
>> look good; however, I still have concerns about the resource usage 
>> even of the tests that don't try to run with an 8 Gb heap since they 
>> do allocate a single object that is about 67 Mb.
>>
>> Given the point in JDK 8 and its test cycle and the variaty of 
>> devices SE 8 gets run and tested on, I'd be more comfortable making 
>> the remaining test files not jtreg tests in JDK 8 (e.g. "@test" =" "@ 
>> test") and filing a follow-up bug to make them jtreg tests in JDK 9 
>> build 01.
>