Libjava failures status

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu> writes:

Eric> Typical user code may not care, but the Java Language
Eric> Specification requires that exceptions be precise enough for use
Eric> as flow control (as undesirable as this is).  JLS 11.3.1 makes
Eric> it clear that synchronous exceptions cannot appear to take place
Eric> out of order with nearby expressions with side effects.

I agree.  I think compatibility with the spec is and important goal,
perhaps the most important goal.

Tom