Description
Subsequent to the IEEE 754-1985 standard referred to in the when Java was first released, revisions to IEEE 754 added support for decimal arithmetic and updated terminology around rounding mode and other existing features.
The terminology of IEEE 754 decimal support, preferred exponent, etc. was modeled after the BigDecimal specification update done under JSR 13 (https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=13).
BigDecimal should be updated to describe how it differs from IEEE 754 decimal support.
The terminology of IEEE 754 decimal support, preferred exponent, etc. was modeled after the BigDecimal specification update done under JSR 13 (https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=13).
BigDecimal should be updated to describe how it differs from IEEE 754 decimal support.
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JDK-8263205 Add discussion of IEEE 754 to BigDecimal
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JDK-8273346 Expand library mappings to IEEE 754 operations
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JDK-7074799 4.2: Adopt IEEE 754-2019 terminology in JLS
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JDK-8240327 2.8: Adopt IEEE 754-2019 terminology in JVMS
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JDK-8240624 Note mapping of RoundingMode constants to equivalent IEEE 754-2019 policy
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- Resolved
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