# HG changeset patch # User bpb # Date 1520966957 25200 # Node ID 6e6c3a755b895edf78c85685e868914457c91d2e # Parent 9552f0648b537b34b2984724046885858b679c01 8199258: BigInteger.bitLength() should explicitly specify behavior when the value is zero Reviewed-by: lancea, rriggs diff -r 9552f0648b53 -r 6e6c3a755b89 src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigInteger.java --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigInteger.java Tue Mar 13 09:57:44 2018 -0700 +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/math/BigInteger.java Tue Mar 13 11:49:17 2018 -0700 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * Copyright (c) 1996, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. + * Copyright (c) 1996, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it @@ -3556,8 +3556,8 @@ * Returns the number of bits in the minimal two's-complement * representation of this BigInteger, excluding a sign bit. * For positive BigIntegers, this is equivalent to the number of bits in - * the ordinary binary representation. (Computes - * {@code (ceil(log2(this < 0 ? -this : this+1)))}.) + * the ordinary binary representation. For zero this method returns + * {@code 0}. (Computes {@code (ceil(log2(this < 0 ? -this : this+1)))}.) * * @return number of bits in the minimal two's-complement * representation of this BigInteger, excluding a sign bit.