>Native does not matter but synchronized sure does. If people are using
>things like java.io.PrintStream (for System.out or something) and the
>JDK versions are synchronized but the classpath versions are not, that
>would be a big problem. Is that what you meant?
The Classpath libraries need to be thread safe. If our classes are designed
differently than the JDK classes, then our need for synchronization will be
different. We should ensure thread safety, not just imitate JDK
synchronized declarations.
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