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Re: Eww: Modifier.INTERPRETED overload
Tom Tromey writes:
> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Haley <aph-gcc@littlepinkcloud.COM> writes:
>
> Andrew> Maybe, but access_flags is a u2, and there aren't many bits left.
> Andrew> 0x80, perhaps? It's used for VARARGS at the moment.
>
> It seems that whatever we pick may be overloaded by the JVM at some
> later date.
Right. That's why my patch didn't choose another bit.
> Maybe instead we can find a hole in Class and stuff a byte field of
> gcj-local flags there.
That sounds like a Much Better Plan. We can even add a field.
I'm still minded to use my patch on active branches, though.
Andrew.