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Re: jboolean / _Jv_InstanceOf / .class compiler problem

To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>
Subject: Re: jboolean / _Jv_InstanceOf / .class compiler problem
From: Alexandre Petit-Bianco <apbianco at cygnus dot com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:40:56 -0800 (PST)
Cc: Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>, java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <200002161822.KAA08349@mnemosyne.CS.Berkeley.EDU><38AB08B4.76109855@albatross.co.nz><200002170619.WAA20037@ferrule.cygnus.com><38AB957D.8637E38C@albatross.co.nz>
Reply-To: apbianco at redhat dot com


Bryce McKinlay writes:

> I don't have a test case outside the context of the _Jv_IsInstanceOf
> call. With my new implementation of this method (in the constant
> time patch), its result value never gets set properly (debugger
> shows random garbage values), and so "instanceof" always returns
> true. But this only occurs when dealing with code compiled from
> .class files. The source compiler and interpreter are unaffected.

I definitely should look into that. I need the full patch. A test case
would be nice too.

./A

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