JDK-6375303 : Review use of caching in BigDecimal
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.math
  • Affected Version: 6
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2006-01-20
  • Updated: 2014-10-14
  • Resolved: 2014-04-16
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Description
There have been a few bugs found in the caching fields used in BigDecimal; e.g. 6268365 and 6362557.  These have generally been in code introduced as part of JSR 13.  Other uses of such caching should be proactively reviewed and tests written to try to find any similar bugs.

Comments
This issue is covered by several existing regression tests in jdk/test/java/math/BigDecimal, notably Constructor.java.
14-10-2014

Discussion threads: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-March/025508.html and http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2014-April/026373.html.
16-04-2014

EVALUATION A fine idea.
20-01-2006