On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 18:35:51 GMT, Joe Darcy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/FdLibm.java line 1215:
>>
>>> 1213: * only sinh(0)=0 is exact for finite x.
>>> 1214: */
>>> 1215: static class Sinh {
>>
>> For clarity, should this not be declared `final`?
>
> Hmm. Wouldn't hurt to do so.
>
> I was thinking of making a pass over Fdlibm.java at some point to make sure
> the nested classes had package-level rather than public accessibility and
> that the classes had private constructors that threw an exception (to prevent
> instantiation).
It doesn't matter much. It was just a drive-by comment; I don't normally look
at this part of the code but the PR title attracted my attention (it is not
everyday you see hyperbolic transcendental PRs in the JDK), and when I skimmed
through the code, some reflex part of my brain said "utility classes should be
final".
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12429
