RFR: JDK-8318476: Add resource consumption note to BigInteger and BigDecimal [v3]

[Joe Darcy]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:07:07 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Joe Darcy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Fix typo.
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> src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigInteger.java line 137:
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>> 135:  * results indicate a multiply algorithm for numbers using this
>> 136:  * category of representation must run in <em>at least</em>
>> 137:  * <i>O</i>(<i>n</i> log <i>n</i>). Common multiply
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> "Common _multiply_" or "Common _multiplication_"?

Doing some grammar research ...

In English, using a noun as an adjective is called an "attributive noun," so the "multiplication" in "multiplication algorithm" would play that role.

Strictly speaking to "adjective-ifly" a verb would be to use a participle, one way to do that anyway -- "multiplying algorithm."

In any case, "multiply algorithm" reads okay to me, but I don't mind changing it to "multiplication algorithm."

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16298#discussion_r1369237797