Re: [cp-patches] FYI: java-nio adjustments for target/native

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Roman" == Roman Kennke <address@hidden> writes:

Roman> That would most likely cause problems on these ports. The specific
Roman> problem is that these ports actually have a malloc() syscall, only that
Roman> it doesn't really do what you would expect, and the macro works around
Roman> that by calling another (platform specific) syscall that does what's
Roman> expected. The best thing I can offer is a shorter macro name.

You can always:

    #undef malloc
    #define malloc SomethingElse

It is unlikely that this is going to break something.

Roman> I am aware of that problem. Still I don't know how to solve that
Roman> problem. We simply cannot give away some of our ports, due to license
Roman> and other restrictions.

The macro idea is one way... it puts the cost on the targets, not on
Classpath.

Tom