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Re: More java.io
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Brian Jones |
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Re: More java.io |
Date: |
06 Mar 2003 07:48:39 -0500 |
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"Aaron M. Renn" <address@hidden> writes:
> Ok, moving on in the gcj/classpath merger.
>
> 1. I'm thinking we should adopt the gcj LineNumberReader. It appears to
> be more efficient. However, skip() is definitely buggy (inserting regular
> skip()'s into your code leads to more lines than the file actually has).
> All Mauve tests pass, so I'll try to add an update soon.
>
> 2. On java.io.File, similar to the FileDescriptor stuff, I'd like to propose
> a unified provider interface. Comments:
>
> o I like to pass the filename to avoid gratuitous JNI lookups.
> o I do not want to adopt the "overloaded" stat and access methods of
> gcj, I'd rather have one method per lookup
> o I'd like to name consistently with FileDescriptor
> o Minimizing native functionality, I want to return a full directory
> listing to Java and filter at that level instead of the gjc approach.
>
> Here's the list. Please comment.
I'd like to give Aicas a chance to get their native changes in before
they need to compensate again for large native lib changes. To those
at Aicas, how is that going?
Brian
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Brian Jones <address@hidden>