RFR: JDK-8283084 RandomGenerator nextDouble(double, double) is documented incorrectly [v2]
Brian Burkhalter
bpb at openjdk.java.net
Mon Apr 11 17:08:40 UTC 2022
On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:32:26 GMT, Jim Laskey <jlaskey at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> `default float nextFloat(float origin, float bound); ` and `default double nextDouble(double origin, double bound); ` are documented incorrectly. The default method checks (origin < bound) and (bound - origin) < +infinity.
>>
>> The exception conditions are incorrect:
>> "if {@code origin} is not finite,
>> or {@code bound} is not finite, or {@code origin}
>> is greater than or equal to {@code bound}"
>>
>> This is not true. Calling with -Double.MAX_VALUE and Double.MAX_VALUE satisfies the documented requirements but actually throws an exception.
>
> Jim Laskey has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>
> Add between
Marked as reviewed by bpb (Reviewer).
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8109
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