RFR: 8366478: BigDecimal roots [v25]

[Raffaello Giulietti]

On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:47:52 GMT, fabioromano1 <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigDecimal.java line 2169:
>> 
>>> 2167:      * {@code ZERO}, {@code ZERO.rootn(n, mc).equals(ZERO)} is true with
>>> 2168:      * any {@code MathContext} as an argument.
>>> 2169:      * </ul>
>> 
>> Why does ZERO deserves a discussion as a special case? Isn't ZERO already covered by the general contract?
>
> Simply to mimic `sqrt()` spec, no particular reason.

I reviewed the CSR. If you have nothing to add/modify you can "finalize" it, hence moving it to "finalized".

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27148#discussion_r2467057476