Compiler errors while parsing bytecode files.

[Bryce McKinlay]

Kresten Krab Thorup wrote:

> Working with the verifier, I found that most compilers other than
> javac "classic" generates much dead code.  This is even true for the
> new official javac derived from gjc by Martin Odersky.
>
> I seem to remember that there was some discussion on this list a while
> back, where it was found that gjc has some problems coping with dead
> code.  So this may be the link.

Older versions of Jikes produced a lot of dead code that gcj and some JITs
complained about, but more recent ones - I'm using 1.04 now - seem to have
gotten a lot better.

regards

  [ bryce ]