C++ and Java CNI: Check Java references

Wed Apr 25 10:13:00 GMT 2001

>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Merrill <jason_merrill@redhat.com> writes:

 Jason> Just to be pedantic, it's impossible to eliminate the
 Jason> abstraction penalty when the ABI is different for passing a
 Jason> pointer v. a smart pointer. But if you can inline most of
 Jason> the uses it shouldn't be a big deal.
Absolutely correct.
I would expect that in most cases Java smart pointers wouldn't have to
be passed across function boundaries: unlike auto_ptr there's no need
to do anything when things are copied, or anything.
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