Re: Runtime reference implementation buglet

[Eric Blake]

Which way do VM's do it?  It might be easier to do "if
(nativeLoad(filename) != 0)", so that the native code can just use the
return code from system calls.

Brian Jones wrote:
> 
> Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > In the Runtime reference implementation I see this code:
> >
> >     if (nativeLoad(filename) == 0)
> >       throw new UnsatisfiedLinkError("Could not load library " + filename);
> >
> > Later there is this:
> >
> >    * @return 0 on success, nonzero on failure
> >    */
> >   native int nativeLoad(String filename);
> >
> > One or the other is wrong.  I don't know which.  Could whoever works
> > on this class please fix this?  Thanks.
> 
> I changed the doc comment since changing the code would break VMs.
> 
> Brian

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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