Re: [Help-jel] Feedback on JEL

[Konstantin L. Metlov]

I'm sorry for not replying in such a long time, I was on vacations at the
time Your mail arrived.

Concerning Your suggestions.

1) Good one indeed, I will think how to implement it. Can't promise it
earlier than about a month and a half, I have very tight trip schedule for
the next month, and also my focus for the next version is to further
reduce the library size, avoiding new feature additions.

2) int is good for efficiency because it allows to use a fast integer
switch operator. If an Object is returned and You want to find out its
class -- cast .getClass() on it. For wrapped primitive types this will
yeld Double.TYPE, Integer.TYPE,... , still, checking integer value of
getType() and using .getClass() only is the type is non-primitive should
be faster IMHO.

3) Yes, JDK 1.1 compatibility is currently a goal (but this might change
after release of JEL 1.0). Especially taking into account that the
internals of JDK relevant to JEL changed only a little in Java 2, so that
compatibility is maintained only by marginal sacrifices.

So, for now, I would suggest to patch gnu/jel/ImageLoader.java and replace
the one in jel.jar

Thank You for favorable remarks and iteresting questions !

With the best regards, Konstantin.