Bug 1648137 - Part 16: Allow to format non-decimal number strings. r=platform-i18n-reviewers,dminor

Remove this Java compatibility restriction to be able to format ranges starting
resp. ending at infinity.

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D119756

intl/icu-patches/bug-1648137-non-finite-decimal.diff

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Allow to support non-finite decimal number strings.
+#
+# ICU bug: https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-21675
+
+diff --git a/intl/icu/source/i18n/number_utils.cpp b/intl/icu/source/i18n/number_utils.cpp
+--- a/intl/icu/source/i18n/number_utils.cpp
++++ b/intl/icu/source/i18n/number_utils.cpp
+@@ -175,22 +175,16 @@ void DecNum::_setTo(const char* str, int
+     if ((fContext.status & DEC_Conversion_syntax) != 0) {
+         status = U_DECIMAL_NUMBER_SYNTAX_ERROR;
+         return;
+     } else if (fContext.status != 0) {
+         // Not a syntax error, but some other error, like an exponent that is too large.
+         status = U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR;
+         return;
+     }
+-
+-    // For consistency with Java BigDecimal, no support for DecNum that is NaN or Infinity!
+-    if (decNumberIsSpecial(fData.getAlias())) {
+-        status = U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR;
+-        return;
+-    }
+ }
+ 
+ void
+ DecNum::setTo(const uint8_t* bcd, int32_t length, int32_t scale, bool isNegative, UErrorCode& status) {
+     if (length > kDefaultDigits) {
+         fData.resize(length, 0);
+         fContext.digits = length;
+     } else {

intl/icu/source/i18n/number_utils.cpp

@@ -180,12 +180,6 @@ void DecNum::_setTo(const char* str, int32_t maxDigits, UErrorCode& status) {
         status = U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR;
         return;
     }
-
-    // For consistency with Java BigDecimal, no support for DecNum that is NaN or Infinity!
-    if (decNumberIsSpecial(fData.getAlias())) {
-        status = U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR;
-        return;
-    }
 }
 
 void

intl/update-icu.sh

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ for patch in \
  bug-1714933-2-locale-basename-memory-leak.diff \
  bug-1714933-3-locale-nullptr-deref.diff \
  bug-1648137-clear-formatter-number.diff \
+ bug-1648137-non-finite-decimal.diff \
 ; do
   echo "Applying local patch $patch"
   patch -d ${icu_dir}/../../ -p1 --no-backup-if-mismatch < ${icu_dir}/../icu-patches/$patch