RE: classpath-0.01 released

[Cierniak, Michal]

> > I guess one could add vm/orp in parallel to vm/reference 
> > with this one extra
> > line in Thread.java being the only difference.
> 
> Hmm. That does seem a little wasteful...
[...]
> Is the "one line" something that wouldn't hurt other VMs?
It's an extra field (of type java.lang.Object) we use to quickly map a
java.lang.Thread instance to our internal data structures.

> If so, we
> could add it to vm/reference and make ORP work the same way 
> Japhar does
> (--with-orp could just be a synonym for --with-japhar which would both
> really just mean "with vm/reference")

That would work for us and would make Classpath work straight out of the box
with one extra VM.  It would be great for ORP users who could download a new
version of Classpath without any extra work.  I would also imagine that it
would be good for Classpath users because they would have one other VM to
work with.

I guess the question is if it's acceptable for the Japhar folks to have one
extra field for every java.lang.Thread instance.  I would think that it
would be acceptable, but then I don't use Japhar.

Comments?

Michal