RE: patch for 0.12 (was: Re: java.lang.System changes)

[Jeroen Frijters]

Steven Augart wrote:
> Jeroen Frijters wrote:
> > Steven Augart wrote:
> > 
> >>I received a suggestion in private mail from David Holmes 
> (who's been
> >>generous with his time in discussing this with me) that we could
> >>break up the initialization of java.lang.System into two
> >>explicitly-invoked phases, and that a VM could optionally 
> >>request that the initialization be broken up, based on a
> >>configuration setting.
> >>I've asked him for permission to forward the full text of his 
> >>suggestion to the list.
> >>I think that is the approach we will have to take.
> > 
> > 
> > Isn't it about time that we consider my suggestion to 
> radically reduce
> > the whole initialization ordering mess by moving everything into
> > separate classes in the gnu.classpath.internal package?
> 
> I haven't read over your suggestion yet (I haven't been following the
> classpath list as closely as I should have for the past month or so),
> but it does sound like a good idea.  Obviously, with a release coming
> out today, a temporary patch is probably a better idea, if it can be
> squeezed in.
> 
> And, to that end, I have the following small patch that makes
> the current Classpath CVS head work with Jikes RVM.  If someone
> else approves it, I'll commit it.

It works fine for me.

Regards,
Jeroen