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This noncompliant code example passes a double value to the BigDecimal constructor. Because the decimal literal 0.1 cannot be precisely represented by a double, precision of the BigDecimal is affected.
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// prints 0.1000000000000000055511151231257827021181583404541015625
// when run in FP-strict mode
System.out.println(new BigDecimal(0.1));
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This compliant solution passes the decimal literal as a String so that the BigDecimal(String val) constructor is invoked and the precision is preserved.
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// prints 0.1
// when run in FP-strict mode
System.out.println(new BigDecimal("0.1"));
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Automated detection is straightforward.
Bibliography
[JLS 2005] | |
| [Seacord 2015] | NUM10-J. Do not construct BigDecimal objects from floating-point literals LiveLesson |