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Re: Patch: Remove exception catching from normal path in Arrays.equals.

From: David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>
To: tromey at redhat dot com
Cc: java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:32:25 -0700
Subject: Re: Patch: Remove exception catching from normal path in Arrays.equals.
References: <3F58DE72.8060003@avtrex.com> <87wucnaw85.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>

Tom Tromey wrote:

David> Currently all variants of java.util.Arrays.equals() catch
David> NullPointerExceptions to detect null valued parameters.  In one
David> of our programs this is a fairly common case and the
David> throw/catch overhead was significant.
This has bugged me too -- thanks. This can go in once your paperwork clears... I gather that shouldn't be long now.

It appears that my "assignment process with the FSF is now complete".

David.

References:
- Patch: Remove exception catching from normal path in Arrays.equals.
  - From: David Daney
- Re: Patch: Remove exception catching from normal path in Arrays.equals.
  - From: Tom Tromey

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