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Re: generic type support
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Geert Bevin <gbevin at uwyn dot com>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 19 Feb 2003 11:24:08 -0700
- Subject: Re: generic type support
- References: <AC0C44CC-441E-11D7-9E65-000A95765120@uwyn.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Geert" == Geert Bevin <gbevin at uwyn dot com> writes:
Geert> I know that generic types are only planned to be included in the Sun
Geert> JDK as of release 1.5. However with the current develop preview JSR-14
Geert> implementation it's already possible to comfortably use the language
Geert> extension currently and apparently many already do so. Are there any
Geert> plans to support for this in gcj?
As far as I know, nobody is working on this.
We'd definitely be interested in an implementation.
The gcj .java front end needs serious work. Sometimes I daydream
about somehow using the jikes front end instead; that might be the
most efficient route to fixing all our bugs :-/
Tom