Re: [BC ABI] For entertainment purposes only: gcj-JIT

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

Tom Tromey writes:
 > >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> writes:
 > 
 > Andrew> The runtime, in particular the way class registration gets done, is
 > Andrew> kinda wrong.  I'm hoping that Tom Tromey can find the time to tidy it
 > Andrew> up a bit.
 > 
 > I'll be looking at it this week.
 > 
 > It occurred to me today that we might finally have a reason to
 > implement parts of java.lang.Compiler.  Parts of that API aren't
 > useful for us at the moment, but we could use Compiler.enable(),
 > Compiler.disable().
 > 
 > I thought about having Compiler.command() set command line options or
 > the path to gcj, but those wind up being security holes.

They do, indeed.

 > Andrew> !     String gcjJitCompiler = System.getenv0 ("GCJ_JIT_COMPILER");
 > 
 > I'd like to use properties here instead of environment variables.

OK, as long as it's still convenient.  You want to be able to set this
up in some sensible global way and then forget about ti.

Andrew.