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Re: Patch: g++ `catch' and `throw' of Java objects


>>>>> "Per" == Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:

    Per> Mark Mitchell has talked about merging the C and C++
    Per> front-end, because they (should) share so much code.  I
    Per> sometimes think we should merge the C++ and Java front-ends.

That's not a bad idea in the long run.  There are certainly some parts
(say, object layout) that can and should be shared.  (For example, for
the Java-objects-look-like-C++-objects stuff to work on IA64, the Java
front-end will have to implement the new C++ ABI.)

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