On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:18:12 GMT, Justin Lu <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> During parse routines, DecimalFormat uses DigitList to append digits from the > parsed text. > > Note that `digit` is always the int value 0 through 9 (and subsequently the > code point 48 through 57) when passed to `append`. > > Currently, `append` accepts a char which forces an int -> char -> byte > conversion to be stored in `digits`. This can be simplified to int -> byte if > the parameter type for the method is updated. The two call sites can safely > make this swap. > > Tiers 1-3 and java.text JCK tests continue to pass with this change. Is there any observable/measureable performance difference? The byte type is a bit of a hack, while char is semantically more precise. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27300#issuecomment-3294063823
