Name: dfC67450 Date: 10/19/97



The java.text.DecimalFormat.DecimalFormat(String pattern,
DecimalFormatSymbols symbols) constructor should clone second parameter
using setDecimalFormatSymbols() method not just store the reference.
(see Javadoc for DecimalFormat.setDecimalFormatSymbols() method:

     Sets the decimal format symbols, which is generally not changed
     by the programmer or user.
)
   
 
Here is the test demonstrating the bug:

-----------------Test.java------------------------
import java.text.*;

public class Test {
    public static void main (String args[]){
        DecimalFormatSymbols symbols = new DecimalFormatSymbols();
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#,##0.0", symbols);
        long n = 123;
        System.out.println("format(" + n + ") = " +
            df.format(n, new StringBuffer(), new FieldPosition(0)));
        symbols.setDecimalSeparator('p'); // change value of field
        System.out.println("format(" + n + ") = " +
            df.format(n, new StringBuffer(), new FieldPosition(0)));

    }
}
---------Output from the test---------------------
format(123) = 123.0
format(123) = 123p0
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