On Fri, 5 May 2023 08:08:30 GMT, John Hendrikx <jhendr...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Region has floor and ceiling functions that ensure that calling them twice 
>> in a row will yield the same result:
>> 
>>      ceil(x) = ceil(ceil(x))
>> 
>> However, due to use of a constant `EPSILON` which is added/subtracted before 
>> doing the rounding, this only works for small numbers (in the range of 0-50 
>> approximately).  For larger values and scales, rounding errors can easily 
>> occur.  This is visible as artifacts on screen where controls are a pixel 
>> wider than they should be.
>> 
>> The use of the `EPSILON` constant is incorrect, as its value depends on the 
>> magnitude of the value in question (as magnitude increases, the fractional 
>> precision decreases).
>> 
>> The Math class offers the function `ulp` that should be used here.  It 
>> represents the smallest possible change in value for a given double.
>> 
>> Extending the existing test case 
>> `snappingASnappedValueGivesTheSameValueTest` to use larger magnitude numbers 
>> exposes the problems.
>
> John Hendrikx has updated the pull request incrementally with three 
> additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Remove seed
>  - Add test cases for negative values
>  - Add copyright headers

LGTM

modules/javafx.graphics/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/scene/layout/ScaledMath.java
 line 31:

> 29:  * Math functions which deal with rounding scaled values.
> 30:  */
> 31: public class ScaledMath {

If you want, you could make this class final and give it a private constructor. 
But since this is not public API, it probably doesn't matter all that much.

modules/javafx.graphics/src/test/java/test/javafx/scene/layout/RegionTest.java 
line 1323:

> 1321: 
> 1322:         double[] scales = new double[] {1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2.0, 
> 1.374562997, 20.0};
> 1323:         Random random = new Random();

In my opinion, using a fixed seed would have been preferable here.

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Marked as reviewed by mstrauss (Committer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1118#pullrequestreview-1454069449
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1118#discussion_r1212251622
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1118#discussion_r1212250917

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