[patch] Java definite assignment

Tue Feb 6 14:51:00 GMT 2001

On 6 Feb 2001, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Per" == Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:
>> >> Changes like this are good candidates for before-and-after runs
> >> through Jacks, to see if they cause regressions and/or improvements.
>> Per> Where is this documented?
>> It isn't. It also isn't a requirement or anything. I just think
> Jacks is useful, and in the past I've fixed a couple bugs that Jacks
> pointed out (this was before the number of failures for gcj was as
> overwhelming as it is now).

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> Per> Specifically, for Jacks we need instructions on
> Per> * how to loadload it (cvs, preferably)
> Per> * how to configure it to use a build gcj tree
> Per> * how to run it
> Per> * how to interpret the results

Try this article, it describes the basics of Jacks.
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-jacks/?dwzone=linux
Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc