Patch to enable libgcj.dll for MinGW

Tue Sep 6 17:54:00 GMT 2005

TJ Laurenzo wrote:
>>even though an inline body is provided. If the C++ compiler can prove
>>that an object is an instance of a and not one of its subclasses, it
>>can inline the body. If it can't prove that, it won't do the
>>inlining.
>>>>>Thanks for the correction. So, for platforms that support it, the
>optimization is indeed semantically correct. Can we decide what to
>do with it? I am still in favor of removing the code entirely, but if
>the decision is to go with a "--disable-inline" option, I will code
>that up and submit the patch.
>>
I don't think its useful enough to keep, at least not for virtual 
methods. There is an argument to keep inlining private calls, which 
should be safe so long as CNI code is always kept in the same binary as 
the Java class with which it is associated.
Bryce