generic support? status of bug 9861

[Tupshin Harper]

Andrew Haley wrote:

>Tupshin Harper writes:
> > I was wondering if anybody envisions a time when bug 9861 will be fixed?
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9861
> > 
> > The last comment is that an ABI change is needed to fix it, but I also
> > note that in november, a major ABI merge took place, but without this
> > bug being addressed.
> > 
> > This bug is absolutely critical for anybody doing much work with generics.
>
>The new gcj ABI does address this bug, but the changeover is not
>complete.  Once the work is done, this problem will go away.  It's not
>a huge deal now that we have most of the work in libgcj already done.
>
>However, we don't have any immediate plans to make this work with CNI.
>Personally I don't think that this is a huge deal, but others may
>differ.
>
>Andrew.
>  
>
Thanks for the info. CNI support is not important for my current
project, and avoiding generics for CNI calls doesn't seem burdensome to
me for future projects.

-Tupshin