<i18n dev> RFR: 8363972: Loose matching of dash/minusSign in number parsing [v7]

[Roger Riggs]

On Tue, 5 Aug 2025 18:36:35 GMT, Justin Lu <jlu at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> However,  "The JDK Reference Implementation" is a very specific and separate deliverable of the JCP.
>> That's why I suggest just stating that lenient is enabled without trying to attach it to an artifact.
>> As at line 421.
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> The way I interpreted this was that Naoto was not trying to imply that the default behavior of the class enabled loose matching of lenient minus parsing signs. Rather, he was describing that the JDK reference implementation of DecimalFormat and CompactNumberFormat support the ability for loose matching of minus sign patterns (and other JDKs need not implement this particular LMDL behavior).
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> If I interpreted that wrong and his intentions were the former, then I agree it is best to just mention leniency.

The spec for enabling lenient matching in parsing of minus signs belongs with the other comments about leniency in the `parse()` method. Its behavior depends on the settings in the isStrict and setStrict methods.
It looks a bit out of context in the class javadoc.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26580#discussion_r2255182114