On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:11:12 GMT, Shaojin Wen <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> The current BigDecimal(String) constructor calls String#toCharArray, which
> has a memory allocation.
>
>
> public BigDecimal(String val) {
> this(val.toCharArray(), 0, val.length()); // allocate char[]
> }
>
>
> When the length is greater than 18, create a char[]
>
>
> boolean isCompact = (len <= MAX_COMPACT_DIGITS); // 18
> if (!isCompact) {
> // ...
> } else {
> char[] coeff = new char[len]; // allocate char[]
> // ...
> }
>
>
> This PR eliminates the two memory allocations mentioned above, resulting in
> an approximate 60% increase in performance..
This pull request has been closed without being integrated.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18177
