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Re: Patches for faster interface dispatch, type checking
- To: bryce at albatross dot co dot nz (Bryce McKinlay)
- Subject: Re: Patches for faster interface dispatch, type checking
- From: Godmar Back <gback at cs dot utah dot edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 22:47:18 -0700 (MST)
- Cc: gback at cs dot utah dot edu, java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
>
> Are there any other arguments in favour of this "lazy" method-existance
> checking?
>
Actually, I don't want to remain on the books as being in favor of
this either. I agree with Per and you.
The only concern I have, and again this is something we hit in Kaffe,
is that you won't be able to run pieces of software because you're
throwing exception too eagerly for missing pieces you don't actually
invoke/need. In this case (incompatible interface implementations),
this shouldn't be the case.
- Godmar