<i18n dev> RFR: 8362448: Make use of the Double.toString(double) algorithm in java.text.DecimalFormat [v2]

[Roger Riggs]

On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:28:06 GMT, Raffaello Giulietti <rgiulietti at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Align the behavior of `DecimalFormat` on `double`s with that of `Formatter`.
>
> Raffaello Giulietti has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Added comment to COMPAT static field.

src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/math/FormattedFPDecimal.java line 51:

> 49: 
> 50:     private boolean exact;  // this decimal is an exact fp
> 51:     private boolean away;  // this decimal has a larger magnitude than fp

Drive by comment.  
The name "away" doesn't convey enough information nor the implications. A longer comment somewhere might be in order.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26364#discussion_r2213385118