SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java

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Comment: Edited by sciSpider Java v3.0

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// prints 0.1
System.out.println(new BigDecimal(""0.1""));

Risk Assessment

Using the BigDecimal constructor that accepts decimal literals can lead to loss of precision.

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References

[JLS 05]

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FLP32-J. Range check before casting floating point numbers to narrower types            07. Floating Point (FLP)            07. Floating Point (FLP)