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Sébastien Brisard closed MATH-755.
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Fixed in 3.0.
> On the contract of FieldElement<T>.divide(T)
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> Key: MATH-755
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-755
> Project: Commons Math
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 3.0, 3.1
> Reporter: Sébastien Brisard
> Assignee: Sébastien Brisard
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: exception, field
> Fix For: 3.1
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> As discussed on the mailing list:
> {quote}
> The contract of {{FieldElement<T>.divide(T)}} states that an
> {{ArithmeticException}} should be thrown if the parameter is zero. However,
> for this boundary case
> * {{BigFraction}} throws {{ZeroException}}
> * {{BigReal}} throws {{ArithmeticException}}
> * {{Complex}} uses NaNs instead of exceptions
> * {{Dfp}}, {{DfpDec}} use flags instead of exceptions
> * {{Fraction}} throws {{MathArithmeticException}}.
> {quote}
> There is a need for some cleaning up, which will proceed in two steps
> # in the {{FieldElement}} interface the statement that an exception must be
> thrown will be removed. The rationale for this is that sometimes, an
> exception is actually not wanted. For example, I'm using a wrapper around
> primitive {{double}}, and I want all boundary cases to be handled _exactly_
> the same way as the primitive operation "/").
> # the _same_ exception (if any) will be thrown by all implementations. This
> will require to chose between {{ArithmeticException}},
> {{MathArithmeticException}} and {{ZeroException}}.
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