Re: Classpath <-> gcj integration

[Bryce McKinlay]

Tom Tromey wrote:

> Some classes probably can't be merged.  For instance, we aren't going
> to give up our String class, which is very dependent on libgcj (but
> also very efficient).  Sometimes other changes touch on this sort of
> thing.

It would be desirable for the set of classes which are "VM dependent" in
classpath to be changable on a per-VM basis rather than being an all or
nothing thing. So when doing a gcj build of classpath, the fast
CNI String implementation would be used, but there'd still be a default,
pure-java implementation in the base java/lang directory.

regards

  [ bryce ]