Re: Breaking VM integration interface

[Bryce McKinlay]

Brian Jones wrote:

> Is the point to avoid having to initialize String or do subsequent
> method calls in native code to convert the string to a char array?
> The change can be made, but get this, I think a small library (JNI)
> should be provided that implements the new method and calls the old or
> something similar provided documentation-wise.
The new form is simpler and cleaner for VMs to implement, and a tiny bit 
more efficient. Obviously we should document the change in the release 
notes or whatever. VMs can provide both forms of the function during the 
transition.

regards

Bryce.