Probably because both compile down into max(Object[]). But when I read
Joshua Bloch's Effective Java, he recommends doing something like
this:
max(double, double)
max(double, double, double)
max(double, double, double, double...)
That would be nice. The behind-the-sceneds Object[] creation only
h
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Paul Benedict wrote:
>> * Is there any benefit to making NumberUtils.min/max accept a variable
>> arguments over a single array?
>
> Seems good.
>From LANG-396:
NumberUtils.min, NumberUtils.max varargs ru
>> * Validate throws IAE on every failure -- including null arguments.
>> Because NPE is not thrown, it will make this class less and less
>> palatable in the future since that is the favored approach nowadays --
>> and implemented by the JDK and Google. One solution is to expose a
>> pluggable fac
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
>> kill EscapeUtils/UnescapeUtils and make StringEscapeUtils undeprecated
>> and the intended front door.
>
> I'll do that. Delete EscapeUtils and UnescapeUtils; replace
> StringEscape
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Paul Benedict wrote:
>
> Effectively, I think code on top of java.math is a fine fit for Lang,
> whereas Commons Math is a wholly different bigger beastie.
>
>> * System is missing IS_JAVA_1_7 constant
>
>
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Paul Benedict wrote:
> * I think org.apache.commons.lang.math should be refactored and removed:
> * Fraction has nothing to do with this library and belongs in
> Commons Math. I see it so closely align to higher Math functions and
> not the JDK.
Dropping Fractio
* I think org.apache.commons.lang.math should be refactored and removed:
* Fraction has nothing to do with this library and belongs in
Commons Math. I see it so closely align to higher Math functions and
not the JDK.
* IEEE754rUtils should move to the root package
* NumberUtils should move to
