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Re: Speaking of runtime options
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: "Boehm, Hans" <hans_boehm at hp dot com>
- Cc: "'Nic Ferrier'" <nferrier at tapsellferrier dot co dot uk>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 28 Jan 2002 17:19:41 -0700
- Subject: Re: Speaking of runtime options
- References: <40700B4C02ABD5119F000090278766443BEF3C@hplex1.hpl.hp.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Hans" == Boehm, Hans <hans_boehm@hp.com> writes:
Hans> Probably the most compatible solution is to ignore -Xmx, perhaps
Hans> after issuing a warning, and keep the gij heap limit option
Hans> distinct. I think -ms and -Xms have similar semantics.
It seems to me that this is something we ought to push into the GC
interface. At least one group out there has written their own GC for
use with libgcj. Alternate GCs could conceivably want to make their
own decisions regarding this policy.
Tom