JDK-8282188 : Unused static field MathContext.DEFAULT_DIGITS
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.math
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2022-02-21
  • Updated: 2022-03-03
  • Resolved: 2022-02-24
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JDK 19
19 b12Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-4851776 - Allow control of precision and rounding of BigDecimal arithmetic operations
Description
Field {{DEFAULT_DIGITS}} is unused in MathContext class.

    private static final int DEFAULT_DIGITS = 9;

https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/cc7cf81256ed4d74493472017b1c4df20fa2208a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/MathContext.java#L61
It is unused at least since initial OpenJDK source upload.
Comments
Looking back into the older histories, the unused field was present since the initial integration of JSR 13 in JDK 5.0 (JDK-4984872).
24-02-2022
Changeset: 3cfffa4f Author: Andrey Turbanov <aturbanov@openjdk.org> Date: 2022-02-24 11:03:29 +0000 URL: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/3cfffa4f8e5a0fff7f232130125c549f992b533b
24-02-2022
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7538 Date: 2022-02-18 19:07:15 +0000
21-02-2022