<i18n dev> RFR: 8262744: Formatter '%g' conversion uses wrong format for BigDecimal rounding up to limits [v2]

[Roger Riggs]

On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 02:48:00 GMT, Ian Graves <igraves at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This fixes a bug where the formatting code for `%g` flags incorrectly tries to round `BigDecimal` after determining whether it should be a decimal numeric format or a scientific numeric format. The solution rounds before determining the correct format.
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> Ian Graves has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Adding BigDecimal equivalents to tests

Marked as reviewed by rriggs (Reviewer).

src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java line 3826:

> 3824:                 BigDecimal tenToTheNegFour = BigDecimal.valueOf(1, 4);
> 3825:                 BigDecimal tenToThePrec = BigDecimal.valueOf(1, -prec);
> 3826:                 value = value.round(new MathContext(prec));

While you are in the area, how about inlining the creation of the tenToTheNegFour and tenToThePrec values.
They are used only once and may not be used at all. They don't appear to be needed except for the comparisons.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3363