On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:36 AM, venkatesha murthy
<venkateshamurth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 1:46 AM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:06:16 +0530, venkatesha murthy wrote:
>>>
>>> I am adding a canEqual method in MathUtils since neither Math.equals nor
>>>
>>> Precision.equalsIncludingNaN performs better under heavy load (I have
>>> attached the test code for the same in the patch).
>>>
>>> The reason as far as i can think is :
>>> In case of equals it keeps churning new objects and makes Double.equals
>>> and in case of Precision.equalsIncludingNaN it might be that
>>> it has not covered the case of quick elimination of detecting one of
>>> them as nan as in that case it can return false.
>>>
>>>
>>> The change i am bringing in is simple in that in any case of either of
>>> them nan or both then return true or false and if and only if both are
>>> *not nan* then get to Precision.equals
>>>
>>> Does any on have a concern adding this method or if the change needs
>>> to be done else where such as in Precision.equalsIncludingNaN
>>
>>
>> What is the semantics of this new method?
>> Is it different from all of the following:
>>  * MathUtils.equals
>>  * Precision.equals
>>  * Precision.equalsIncludingNaN
>> ?
> No. its the same as all the three methods with just 2 double
> attributes and a boolean return
>>
>> Or is the issue about performance?
>> If so the problem must be identified and the corresponding method improved.
>>
Yes it was performance related issue with Precision.equalsIncludingNan
and hence will improve that method
> In that case i am planning to improve Precision.equalsIncludingNaN
> method(s). I will send the patch for the same (after removing
> canEqual) along with modified patch on methods that are using
> canEqual. Hope this is fine.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Gilles
>>
>>
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