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Gilles commented on MATH-433:
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Inconsistency = throwing exception in case of overflow (some methods that
happen to deal with integer variables) vs _not_ throwing exception in case of
overflow (some methods that happen to deal with floating point variables).
This is just an observation. If there is nothing to do about it, just close
this issue.
> Signal overflow by raising an exception
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> Key: MATH-433
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-433
> Project: Commons Math
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Gilles
> Priority: Minor
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> Referring to the ML thread (with subject "Factorial").
> Shouldn't Commons-Math always raise an exception when overflow is detected,
> including in cases where the Java language specification has decided to
> return infinity?
> It was argued, in the ML thread on "FunctionEvaluationException", that it was
> much better to raise an exception than to rely on special values to detect
> problems. I think that the same argument fits perfectly in this case.
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