RFR: 8261123: Augment discussion of equivalence classes in Object.equals and comparison methods
Joe Darcy
darcy at openjdk.java.net
Tue Feb 9 06:47:53 UTC 2021
A follow-up of sorts to JDK-8257086, this change aims to improve the discussion of the relationship between Object.equals and compareTo and compare methods. The not-consistent-with-equals natural ordering of BigDecimal get more explication too. While updating Object, I added some uses of apiNote and implSpec, as appropriate. While a signum method did not exist when Comparable was added, it has existed for many years so I removed obsolete text that defined a "sgn" function to compute signum.
Once the changes are agreed to, I'll reflow paragraphs and update the copyright years.
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Commit messages:
- Merge branch 'master' into 8261123
- Initial changes for JDK-8261123.
Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2471/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2471&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8261123
Stats: 80 lines in 4 files changed: 38 ins; 14 del; 28 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2471.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/2471/head:pull/2471
PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2471
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