RFR: 8326227: Rounding error that may distort computeNextGaussian results [v3]

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Thu, 9 May 2024 03:55:15 GMT, Chris Hennick <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Chris Hennick has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Bug fix: add-exports was for wrong package
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> Keep open. 
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> @JimLaskey it looks like you're the author of most of the surrounding code; can you please confirm that there's a rounding error in the existing implementation and that this PR will fix it? Or if the `git blame` logs are giving you more credit than you're willing to take, then could you please assign it to one ot the real authors or, if that's not possible, to someone else who's in a relevant role and can capable of reviewing and eventually merging this PR?

Hello Chris @Pr0methean, please keep this open. Some of us are checking if we can find someone experienced with this code to provide reviews.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17703#issuecomment-2151485139