JDK 13 RFR of JDK-8224174: java.lang.Number has a default constructor

[Roger Riggs]

Hi Joe,

Looks fine.

Should the bug be labeled noreg-doc?

Is this worthy of a CSR? It seems like make-work except that it does change
the formal Java SE spec that is generated from javadoc.

Roger

On 5/19/19 3:09 PM, Joe Darcy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> While doing some other work, I noticed that java.lang.Number relies on 
> an implicit default constructor. Until there is a lint warning to find 
> these cases systematically (JDK-8071961: Add javac lint warning when a 
> default constructor is created), please review the diff below to 
> address this particular instance.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Joe
>
>
>  public abstract class Number implements java.io.Serializable {
>      /**
> +     * Constructor for subclasses to call.
> +     */
> +    public Number() {super();}
> +
> +    /**
>