Re: [cp-patches] FYI: Fixlet for DataInputStream.readLine

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Jeroen" == Jeroen Frijters <address@hidden> writes:

>> No. I just came over this code while merging GNU Classpath with the
>> Aicas code, where we did even worse stuff at this point. If you think
>> this is bad, I will reverse my patch. Especially in the light 
>> that this method is deprecated with the statement 'it doesn't work
>> correctly' in the JDK, this will not matter much anyway.

Jeroen> I don't know how others feel about this, but I would be more
Jeroen> comfortable if you took it out.

I agree.  For changes like this I would prefer to see a "real life"
use case where it makes a difference -- generally I prefer
maintainability (in this case, loose coupling) over performance,
except in cases where it "really matters".

Tom