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Re: Patch: fix for PR libgcj/1351
- To: tromey at redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: Patch: fix for PR libgcj/1351
- From: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:51:15 +1300
- CC: Java Patch List <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- References: <87y9va2z8x.fsf@creche.redhat.com>
Tom Tromey wrote:
> I'm checking this in. I don't think it is important enough to go on
> the branch, given that Thread.interrupt() doesn't currently work
> anyway.
I should point out Thread.interrupt() _does_ work - it just doesn't interrupt blocked I/O, which
isn't supported on many other common VM implementations either. It does provide the sleep/wait
interrupt functionality, which is portable across other VM platforms.
regards
[ bryce ]