Re: os.arch and os.name is incorrect

[Cedric Berger <cedric at wireless-networks dot com>]

Ranjit Mathew wrote:

> > - JDK 1.4.1: "Native binaries for  "Windows 2000" "x86" native libraries .."
> >
> > - GCJ: "Native binaries for  "Windows 2000" "i586" native libraries .."
> >    
> Why is this wrong? It's just slightly different from the JDK output - the
> JDK 1.4.1 docs merely say "os.arch" is "Operating system architecture".
>  
This is not a bug, but IMHO an unfortunate choice.
Think at the potential user of the os.arch property.
Beside printing pretty messages, it will probably be
used to identify a specific architecture, like Intel's one.
How would you code a function like:

  boolean isIntelArch() {
  }

If everybody puts slightly different values in there?
Cedric