<Swing Dev> RFR: 8016451 : scary messages from Nimbus PainterGenerator during JDK build

[Sergey Bylokhov]

I suppose that the new CR should be filed to cover initial bug?

On 5/21/14 2:29 AM, Phil Race wrote:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~prr/8016451/
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8016451
>
> This eliminates the 20 or so messages like this
> [Error] encoded value was less than 0: encode(-8.326673E-17, 5.0, 
> 11.0, 16.0)
>
> I know these messages  vex many people.
> These messages seem to be warnings at best, not an error
> as far as the build is concerned and appear liikely to come down
> to introduced FP error. Given that they have always been there
> for nimbus on all platforms and appear harmless, since the
> code fixes up the result anyway,  the safest thing to do is suppress 
> them.
> If anyone later wants to take up the gauntlet of adjusting/fixing
> the math they are welcome to do so ..
>
> -phil.
>
>


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Best regards, Sergey.