Precise GC (was Re: cannot build libjava/gnu/gcj/xlib/natClip.cc)

Thu Jan 4 14:32:00 GMT 2001

Tom Tromey wrote:
> If we can implement it without jumping through hoops, then it is fine
> with me. If implementing it negatively distorts our thread
> implementation, then maybe we shouldn't implement it.

Seems to me that it once did work, though I could be imagining it.
Top of Thread.java says:
 * Various methods which assume a VM are likewise unimplemented
 * We do implement stop() even though it is deprecated.
which is clearly wrong.
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Jeff Sturm
jeff.sturm@commerceone.com