RFR: 8310813: Simplify and modernize equals, hashCode, and compareTo for BigInteger [v6]

[Raffaello Giulietti]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:23:02 GMT, Pavel Rappo <prappo at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> AFAIK, if you need reproducible randoms in tests, you should add the tags:
>> 
>>  * @key randomness
>>  * @library /test/lib
>> 
>> and initialize your random generator with
>> 
>> import jdk.test.lib.RandomFactory;
>> ...
>> Random rnd = RandomFactory.getRandom();
>> 
>> This prints the seed to STDOUT.
>
>> AFAIK, if you need reproducible randoms in tests, you should add the tags:
>> 
>> ```
>>  * @key randomness
>>  * @library /test/lib
>> ```
>> 
>> and initialize your random generator with
>> 
>> ```
>> import jdk.test.lib.RandomFactory;
>> ...
>> Random rnd = RandomFactory.getRandom();
>> ```
>> 
>> This prints the seed to STDOUT.
> 
> It'd be applicable for tests, but not for benchmarks. Also, the point that @cl4es seems to make is that randomness is captured and set up to reduce noise, not to be able to reproduce "benchmark failures".

My bad. Forget my note

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14630#discussion_r1289981733