gcj: new encoding

Tom Tromey tromey@redhat.com
Wed Aug 20 21:28:00 GMT 2003


>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> writes:

Andrew> As part of the new gcj ABI, we have a new encoding for classes when
Andrew> catching exceptions.  This also makes sure that we use the correct
Andrew> class loader to look up a type when matching an exception region.

FYI folks, this is another of the eclipse patches.

There's only a couple remaining.  Unfortunately, one of those (the one
to disable the gcj verifier) is not suitable for checkin, and fixing
the bugs is likewise pretty hard.

Tom



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