Name: akC57697 Date: 05/12/99



 The java.math.BigInteger c-tor hangs in JDK1.3C under solaris and win32.

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public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        java.util.Random rnd = new java.util.Random();
        java.math.BigInteger n;

        for (int i = 2; i <= 20; i++) {
            for (int c = 0; c <= 10; c++) {
                n = new java.math.BigInteger(i, c, rnd); // Create BigInteger
            }
        }
        System.out.println("OKAY");
        return;
    }
}

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Output:
(###@###.###): jdk1.2
(###@###.###): java Test
OKAY
(###@###.###): jdk1.2.2
(###@###.###): java Test
OKAY
(###@###.###): jdk1.3
(###@###.###): java Test
^C

java full version "JDK-1.3-C"

(truss -f -l -e -a java Test
...
22793/1: brk(0x00142C98) = 0
22793/1: brk(0x00146C98) = 0
22793/1: lseek(4, 2085117, SEEK_SET) = 2085117
22793/1: read(4, " P K0304\n\0\0\0\0\0\r10".., 63) = 63
22793/1: lseek(4, 2085180, SEEK_SET) = 2085180
22793/1: read(4, "CAFEBABE\003\0 -\0EC0380".., 13143) = 13143
^C
)


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