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Re: libffi
- To: Davy Durham <david dot durham at wcom dot com>
- Subject: Re: libffi
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Date: 15 Dec 2000 14:41:20 -0700
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <3A3A829A.230C93D7@wcom.com>
- Reply-To: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Davy" == Davy Durham <david.durham@wcom.com> writes:
Davy> I downloaded libffi 1.20 from http://sources.redhat.com/libffi. It
Davy> hasn't changed since Oct 5, 1998..... Richard Henderson mentioned that
Davy> it may be called libjava now within gcc...
It is still called `libffi' but the most recent version appears in the
gcc tree, not the libffi tree. Basically no one has done any work in
the libffi tree for a while now.
Davy> I didn't see it when I untarred gcc-2.95.2.tar.gz
It wouldn't be there. It is only in the current cvs (and thus the
recent snapshots).
Davy> Is libjava being mantained.... What's java specific about it?
Davy> Can it be used for the same thing that libffi was used for
Davy> (manufacturing C function calls)?
libffi is still what is always was. It now includes some special code
for use by libjava that makes the interpreter a bit more efficient in
some situations.
Tom