RFR: 4511638: Double.toString(double) sometimes produces incorrect results [v2]

[Jim Laskey]

I forwarded the issue to Guy again recently. No reply as yet. He’s a busy dude. Do we have any alternates?

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> On Oct 5, 2021, at 10:58 AM, Andrew Haley <aph-open at littlepinkcloud.com> wrote:
> 
> On 9/28/21 10:30, Raffaello Giulietti wrote:
>> I was pondering whether to propose adding a launch-time option on the command line to choose between the current and the proposed implementation for some time, so to help the community gaining confidence in the new algorithm and still have the current one as a fallback, just in case. (AFAIU, a launch-time option can be constant folded by the JIT compiler to help it eliminate dead code, right?)
>> 
>> On the one hand, this adds complexity. On the other hand, it could help revive this dormant PR.
>> 
>> What do you think? Would this be a viable option?
> 
> It's a good-enough idea in theory, but I don't think it'd be accepted.
> 
> Pinging Joe Darcy: do you (or any of your friends) have a good way
> to contact Guy Steele?
> 
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