Re: [cp-patches] Merge from generics -> HEAD

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew John Hughes <address@hidden> writes:

Andrew> Any idea at what level this would affect things?  I have
Andrew> individual 1.5 compiled classes work with JamVM (notably, I
Andrew> can add the generics branch on to the usual classpath, and get
Andrew> working enums...).  Saying that, I may see if I can hack this
Andrew> in and whether it makes a difference.

Any place that uses the 'foo.class' construct will not work in a 1.4
VM.  But, for most VMs, adding support for this should be pretty easy.

Andrew> On a related note, does gcjx include a variant of gij, or does it still
Andrew> depend on gij as it is on trunk?  It would seem that when gcjx starts
Andrew> being able to compile generics, we would need a compatible VM.  Just
Andrew> wondering :)

I branched all of gcc, including libjava, with an eye toward fixing
this on the branch.  I haven't gotten around to that yet, but it will
happen eventually.

Tom