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Re: libffi: closures for sparc
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: "Boehm, Hans" <hans_boehm at hp dot com>
- Cc: "'Jeff Sturm'" <jsturm at one-point dot com>, Kresten Krab Thorup <krab at trifork dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, "MOSBERGER, DAVID (HP-PaloAlto,unix3)" <davidm at hpl dot hp dot com>
- Date: 24 Jul 2002 10:31:01 -0600
- Subject: Re: libffi: closures for sparc
- References: <75A9FEBA25015040A761C1F74975667D4009CB@hplex4.hpl.hp.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Hans" == Boehm, Hans <hans_boehm@hp.com> writes:
Hans> Given a choice, I'd rather have libffi know about Java stacks
Hans> then having libgcj know about parameter passing.
Sounds good to me. As far as I know only libgcj uses the raw and
closure APIs (you mentioned Mozilla; does it use this?). So we should
feel free to change them to suit us.
Hans> But I'd like to run this past Anthony before investing more
Hans> time. I'd be undoing some other peoples earlier design
Hans> decisions (which I suspect were really nondecisions).
Well, they were based on information available at the time (i.e.,
little). We've learned stuff since then. So no harm done.
Tom