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Re: Partial java.util.zip merge with Classpath


Tom Tromey wrote:

>Do we want to use all of jazzlib in libgcj or do we just want to
>continue using zlib?
>
The latter, I think.

>Switching to jazzlib doesn't mean we can delete zlib from the
>repository -- we will still need it for gcj.  So there isn't a
>significant maintenance win there.
>
>Even so I think there is a maintenance benefit to merging with
>Classpath.  For one thing it means more potential bug-fixers for the
>code.
>
I think you have it backwards.  zlib is used by more code, and is more 
stable
than jazzlib.  Using jazzlib adds useless duplication.

>How much does the performance of this code matter to us?  And how much
>does performance suffer with jazzlib?  Those are interesting
>questions.
>
It is not just time but also space. If the code is written using Java 
classes,
the compiler has to generate extra but useless reflexive data.



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