_Jv_HashCode

Wed May 10 09:42:00 GMT 2000

Per Bothner wrote:
> > Sun's javadoc says they are equivalent:
>> No, Sun's javadoc does *not* say that System.identityHashCode(OBJ)
> is the same as (jint)(OBJ).

Ugh. I misread the message. You're right, of course.
> Obviously, for a copying collector, it can't be.

Right. The MS VM for example does not use addresses for
identityhashCode(). (And it runs a copying collector.)
-- 
Jeff Sturm
jeff.sturm@appnet.com