On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:15:15 GMT, Raffaello Giulietti <rgiulie...@openjdk.org>
wrote:
>> src/jdk.incubator.vector/share/classes/jdk/incubator/vector/Float16.java
>> line 150:
>>
>>> 148: * A constant holding the largest positive finite value of type
>>> 149: * {@code Float16},
>>> 150: * (2-2<sup>-10</sup>)·2<sup>15</sup>, numerically equal to
>>> 65504.0.
>>
>> I'm curious why `MAX_VALUE` includes the "numerically equal to", while
>> `MIN_NORMAL` and `MIN_VALUE` do not?
>>
>> I see java.lang.Float does not use "numerically equal" in the corresponding
>> constants. Float instead says "It is equal to the hexadecimal
>> floating-point literal.."
>
> Not sure if this is the reason, but in decimal notation `MIN_NORMAL` and
> `MIN_VALUE` are relatively unreadable: `0.00006103515625` and
> `5.9604644775390625E-8`, resp.
Yes, that was the reason; the other constants written out aren't particularly
informative to most users.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21574#discussion_r1840964392
