RFR: 8315585: Optimization for decimal to string [v4]

[Joe Darcy]

On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 08:42:32 GMT, Shaojin Wen <swen at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Continue to complete PR #16006 and PR #21593 to improve BigDecimal::toString and BigDecimal::toPlainString performance and reduce duplicate code
>
> Shaojin Wen has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 29 commits:
> 
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into dec_to_str_202501
>    
>    # Conflicts:
>    #	src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/util/DecimalDigits.java
>  - remove getChars(long, int, char[])
>  - copyright
>  - Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into dec_to_str_202501
>    
>    # Conflicts:
>    #	src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/util/DecimalDigits.java
>  - simplify and comments
>  - simplify
>  - simplify
>  - code style
>  - revert change
>  - bug fix
>  - ... and 19 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/651ac3cc...f9af0b02

Can we please have a pause on the sequence of "make XYZ toString faster" PRs until there is some wider discussion of goals, etc.? Thanks.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23310#issuecomment-2635015226