generic type support

Wed Feb 19 18:33:00 GMT 2003

>>>>> "Geert" == Geert Bevin <gbevin@uwyn.com> writes:

Geert> I know that generic types are only planned to be included in the Sun
Geert> JDK as of release 1.5. However with the current develop preview JSR-14
Geert> implementation it's already possible to comfortably use the language
Geert> extension currently and apparently many already do so. Are there any
Geert> plans to support for this in gcj?
As far as I know, nobody is working on this.
We'd definitely be interested in an implementation.
The gcj .java front end needs serious work. Sometimes I daydream
about somehow using the jikes front end instead; that might be the
most efficient route to fixing all our bugs :-/
Tom