How to overcome MissingResourceException (gnu.java.locale.Calendar)

[João Garcia]

Tom Tromey wrote:

>>>>>>"João" == João Garcia <jgarcia@uk2.net> writes:
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>João> It seems that we can replace the previous line simply by:
>João> private static Class _c = false ? gnu.java.locale.Calendar.class : null;
>João> And it will still do the trick for gcj. But I do not know if this one
>João> shall stand true for the upcoming versions of gcj...
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>Don't rely on this working.  I'm a bit surprised it works now --
>I would expect the dead code to be eliminated.  It may break if you
>compile with optimization.
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I did the test using gcj 3.3.3 without optimizations... 
As you say, it fails with optimizations.
It was not a logical approach anyway... I was just surprised by the result.

I guess that the initial suggestion 
(using System.getProperty("java.vendor","").equals("Free Software Foundation, Inc.")), 
should be save to use, and should solve the original problem.

Joao