Re: Status update and some questions/suggestions about remaining Intel/Orp patches

[Andy Walter]

Hi,

On Sunday 27 October 2002 02:22, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> - java/io/Object*Stream.java. We had these classes merged with libgcj
> but they are diverging again. This is code I don't know much about and
> has some very subtle issues that are easy to get wrong. One thing I like
> about the libgcj version is that it has a lot less native methods and
> does more with reflection. That makes the code much more portable. Is
> there a (performance?) reason for using so many native calls?

To me, avoiding native methods as often as possible is preferable as well. But 
I'm not so sure whether using reflection in java.io.* is a such a good thing. 
Generating binaries that contain all needed classes (including those of the 
library) is an easy job, as long as reflection is not used. When reflection 
is used, you have to tell your compiler explicitly something like "if this 
method is called, we need that method as well". I had expected that the GCC 
guys have this problem as well.


> Also Jeroen Frijters just submitted a small patch that should be integrated.
> Any volunteers?

I'd be interested in becoming actively involved especially in the java.io.* 
package. But before doing anything else, I'd like to make our VM run smoothly 
with Classpath. If the patch is still unapplied in, say, two weeks, I'll take 
it.


Cheers,

        Andy.

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