RFR: 8366478: BigDecimal roots [v4]

[Raffaello Giulietti]

On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:23:58 GMT, Raffaello Giulietti <rgiulietti at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> Yes, but this is inconsistent with the definition of _preferred scale_ for `BigDecimal.sqrt()`.
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>> Looks like I included a bug with BigDecimals.sqrt with respect to scaling then. While I noted a correct translation of the IEEE 754 requirement in 
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>> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-4851777?focusedId=13847551&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-13847551
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>> that did not get carried over to the BigDecimal.sqrt spec or implementation.
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>> I've filed https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8370057; thanks.
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> I leave that decision to @jddarcy.
> But for consistency with IEEE 754, we should use `ceilDiv(this.scale(), n)` even for `n = 2`.
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> @fabioromano1 I guess that implementation-wise it would be an easy change?
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> Also, should we perhaps rename the method to `rootn()`, as in IEEE 754? We still have time before RDP 1.

... renaming both in `BigInteger` and `BigDecimal`

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27148#discussion_r2439459568