Language extensions ?

Tue Apr 1 17:15:00 GMT 2003

Per Bothner writes:
 > Andrew Haley wrote:
 > > Well, once the security model is done we can restrict it so that only
 > > privileged code can create RawData objects.
 > 
 > There is no such thing as a RawData object, and it is meaningless to
 > talk about creating them. A RawData is nothing more and nothing less
 > that (void*) pointer "cast to" a Java reference. Java code never does
 > anything with RawData except pass them around as opaque references.
 > Only native code can create or dereference RawData, so I don't see
 > how the security model will make any diference.
Yes, you're quite right. Brain fade.
Andrew.