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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: JLS 3/e -- Lots Of Errors
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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:48:49 +1300
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In message <4d4f5275$0$23761$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 06-02-2011 20:32, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> In message<iil5i6$10m$2@news.eternal-september.org>, Joshua Cranmer
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 02/05/2011 09:48 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> In message<iijnm4$d5j$1@news.albasani.net>, Lew wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 02/05/2011 07:32 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> * Section 5.1.8, page 88: no mention of what happens when you unbox a
>>>>>> NaN (the previous page said only that the boxed object had isNaN()
>>>>>> evaluating to true, no mention of what floatValue() or doubleValue()
>>>>>> might return).
>>>>>
>>>>> Nor is such a mention required, therefore its omission is not an
>>>>> error. However, it's pretty clear that if 'isNan()' is true, then
>>>>> 'doubleValue()' must return 'Double.NaN'.
>>>>
>>>> No it is not. The spec carefully refrains from mentioning what
>>>> floatValue() and doubleValue() return.
>>>
>>> Why should it mention it? That is what the documentation on the
>>> respective classes in the Java Standard API is for.
>>
>> If that’s the case, there should be a reference to where it’s properly
>> defined.
> 
> Why?
> 
> People that read the JLS should have read the Java API (and
> a tutorial on Java).

Which one first?