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From: "Becksfort, Jared" <Jared.Becksfort@STJUDE.ORG>
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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 17:33:10 -0600
Subject: [math] Math-817 and .equals questions
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Hello,

I am about to submit some code for issue Math-817 involving fitting multiva=
riate normal mixture models using the EM algorithm.  In order to simplify t=
he unit test, I added overrode equals and hashCode.  This in turn required =
me to make a few changes to code in the previously resolved issues Math-815=
 and Math-816.  Am I supposed to just send one patch to 817, or am I suppos=
ed to break the patches up according to issue number?

Also, I notice the equals method in org.apache.commons.math3.linear.Abstrac=
tRealMatrix directly compares the results of getEntry(), which are often do=
ubles.  Is this OK?  I don't have a great deal of experience in overriding =
equals where doubles are involved.  I have read that it is a good idea to u=
se Double.doubleToLongBits and the use "=3D=3D" or "!=3D".

http://www.javapractices.com/topic/TopicAction.do?Id=3D17

Thanks,
Jared

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