On Tue, 5 Aug 2025 18:36:35 GMT, Justin Lu <j...@openjdk.org> wrote: >> However, "The JDK Reference Implementation" is a very specific and separate >> deliverable of the JCP. >> That's why I suggest just stating that lenient is enabled without trying to >> attach it to an artifact. >> As at line 421. > > The way I interpreted this was that Naoto was not trying to imply that the > default behavior of the class enabled loose matching of lenient minus parsing > signs. Rather, he was describing that the JDK reference implementation of > DecimalFormat and CompactNumberFormat support the ability for loose matching > of minus sign patterns (and other JDKs need not implement this particular > LMDL behavior). > > If I interpreted that wrong and his intentions were the former, then I agree > it is best to just mention leniency.
The spec for enabling lenient matching in parsing of minus signs belongs with the other comments about leniency in the `parse()` method. Its behavior depends on the settings in the isStrict and setStrict methods. It looks a bit out of context in the class javadoc. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/26580#discussion_r2255182114
