Implementing Universal Character Names in identifiers

Fri Nov 1 14:56:00 GMT 2002

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin v LÃ¶wis <loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de> writes:

>> However, the ability to use these is part of the Java language
>> specification. So we have a strong preference for supporting them on
>> all platforms. We already do that by mangling the identifiers when we
>> see a non-ascii character.

Martin> There are many things in the Java language specification that
Martin> gcj does not do, or does not do equally well on all systems.
I don't understand this point. It is true that we don't implement
everything perfectly. But that doesn't imply that we're willing to
implement fewer things well.
Martin> Since you can get GNU binutils for all systems
Is that really true?
Martin> OTOH, I would not like to see two different approaches for g++
Martin> depending on the platform, and compatibility with C *is*
Martin> important for g++ - so I'd let g++ be guided rather by the C
Martin> requirements than by the Java requirements.
This seems reasonable. I think we're unlikely to see a bug report if
this change is made. However, if one comes it, it would clearly be a
regression.
Tom