Name: gsC80088 Date: 02/11/99


In the documentation page of class DecimalFormat:

http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html

section "Notes", third paragraph, first line:

  "Illegal patterns, such as "#.#.#" or mixing '_' and '*' in the same pattern, ... "

a reference is made to the characters '_' and '*', which
are nowhere defined to be pattern symbols.
According to the definition of patterns, they can appear in patterns
without any restriction.
(Review ID: 49004)
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