libffi

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Davy" == Davy Durham <david.durham@wcom.com> writes:

Davy> I downloaded libffi 1.20 from http://sources.redhat.com/libffi . It
Davy> hasn't changed since Oct 5, 1998..... Richard Henderson mentioned that
Davy> it may be called libjava now within gcc...

It is still called `libffi' but the most recent version appears in the
gcc tree, not the libffi tree.  Basically no one has done any work in
the libffi tree for a while now.

Davy> I didn't see it when I untarred gcc-2.95.2.tar.gz

It wouldn't be there.  It is only in the current cvs (and thus the
recent snapshots).

Davy> Is libjava being mantained.... What's java specific about it?
Davy> Can it be used for the same thing that libffi was used for
Davy> (manufacturing C function calls)?

libffi is still what is always was.  It now includes some special code
for use by libjava that makes the interpreter a bit more efficient in
some situations.

Tom