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Re: GCJ with OpenJDK Java API instead of GNU Classpath
Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> There's actually no need to do a wholesale replacement of
> everything. GCJ already overrides quite a number of classes from
> GNU Classpath with its own versions (including Object IIRC).
Indeed, and these are broken in a number of interesting ways. That's
why they'd need rewriting.
> Quite a number of packages in Classpath are just pure Java and are
> used as is in GCJ. This even extends to Swing, where the native JNI
> code from Classpath is used (GCJ usually prefers CNI).
>
> It really depends what you want the end result to be. Having some
> hybrid with all the packages is probably an easier goal than trying
> to pass the TCK with the result... ;)
Huh? I was assuming Java compatibility was the goal.
Andrew.