Why Does "java_global_trees" Exist?

Fri Jun 11 10:34:00 GMT 2004

Hi,
 What purpose does the use of a single large
"java_global_trees" array serve vis-a-vis letting
the individual elements be freestanding global
variables?
Many a time have I been smitten/flummoxed by GDB
proclaiming a supposedly global variable to be non-existent
only to discover it being a macro aliasing one of the
elements of "java_global_trees".
Wild guess: is it to have a convenient root for
the GCC garbage collection mechanism?
Thanks,
Ranjit.
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