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Re: [classpath-0.98 merge branch] update and status
- From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- To: Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew at member dot fsf dot org>
- Cc: David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>, Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu dot com>, GCJ-patches <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:30:43 +0100
- Subject: Re: [classpath-0.98 merge branch] update and status
- References: <48CD6C5B.70201@ubuntu.com> <48CE58F9.1070006@redhat.com> <48D92CA5.7080504@redhat.com> <20080925034746.GA25897@rivendell.middle-earth.co.uk> <48DB0C63.4060402@avtrex.com> <20080925205218.GD27651@rivendell.middle-earth.co.uk>
Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> What I'm asking is whether the root Pointer class could be used instead of
> RawData to provide the CNI no-garbage-collect semantics, thus removing
> a source of merge issues between the two (most of our NIO differences are
> due to this).
I suppose so, but I don't want to see a bunch of unnecessary changes,
especially if they adversely impact performance. It's OK to make such
changes for NIO, but please leave all the RawData* for gcj-specific code.
Andrew.