}
static double bigToDouble(BigInteger x) {
// This is an extremely fast implementation of BigInteger.doubleValue(). JDK patch pending.
BigInteger absX = x.abs();
int exponent = absX.bitLength() - 1;
// exponent == floor(log2(abs(x)))
if (exponent < Long.SIZE - 1) {
return x.longValue();
} else if (exponent > MAX_EXPONENT) {
return x.signum() * POSITIVE_INFINITY;