[PATCH] 4511638: Double.toString(double) sometimes produces incorrect results

[Raffaello Giulietti]

On 2018-09-27 17:53, Andrew Dinn wrote:
> On 27/09/18 16:37, Raffaello Giulietti wrote:
>    . . .
>> I thank you in advance for your willingness to review the code but my
>> understanding is that only the officially appointed reviewers can
>> approve OpenJDK contributions, which is of course a good policy.
>> Besides, as two Andrews engineers from RedHat correctly observe,
>> understanding the rationale of the code without the planned accompanying
>> paper is hard.
> 
> Oh no, let me stop you right there! Anyone competent can offer a review
> (well incompetent people can too but let's assume they get ignored :-).
> Indeed, an expert critique is always very welcome and reviewers normally
> get credited even if they have no official status. The official
> reviewers are needed for a final say so. No one sensible is going to
> reject clear and clearly justified advice.
> 

An excellent policy, indeed!



>>> I'm not a contributor to the Jdk, and this isn't my full-time job. I
>>> was lurking here because I was going to send a patch for the double to
>>> string conversion code myself (based on Ryu).
>>>
>>
>> All my efforts on this projects are done in my unpaid spare time, too.
> Which is very much appreciated, thank you.
> 

Thank all of you for your interest in this issue.


Greetings
Raffaello