6178739: (fmt) Formatter.format("%0.4f\n", 56789.456789) generates MissingFormatWidthException
Summary: Change the field width specification to require a positive value. The exception is still thrown but that is now explicitly consistent with the specification.
Reviewed-by: darcy
Contributed-by: Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhalter@oracle.com>
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java Wed Jul 10 11:05:39 2013 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java Tue Jul 09 11:26:25 2013 -0700
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
* <p> The optional <i>flags</i> is a set of characters that modify the output
* format. The set of valid flags depends on the conversion.
*
- * <p> The optional <i>width</i> is a non-negative decimal integer indicating
+ * <p> The optional <i>width</i> is a positive decimal integer indicating
* the minimum number of characters to be written to the output.
*
* <p> The optional <i>precision</i> is a non-negative decimal integer usually