Re: API clean up patch

[Archie Cobbs]

Andrew Haley wrote:
> You don't explain why you want this.  As I understand it, VMblah.java
> files are provided as templates for code that is target-specific.  Why
> is that a bad thing?

It's not a bad thing... however, doesn't it bother you that the API
from a stock Classpath doens't even make sense, even if it's only
supposed to be a "template"? As a template it's a pretty bad example
because it couldn't possibly work. Doesn't really make me proud, for one.

> Why do you assume that VMThread.countStackFrames(),
> VMThrowable.fillInStackTrace(), and VMThrowable.getStackTrace() will
> be native?

I'm not trying to assume anything. I'm only trying to make it at least
theoretically possible for a VM to use Classpath unmodified and still
function properly.

Thanks,
-Archie

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