>>>>> "Jeroen" == Jeroen Frijters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jeroen> I really don't like this model, because it forces the VM into Jeroen> using a long for the file descriptor. IMHO a better Jeroen> alternative would be to have instance methods in Jeroen> java.io.FileDescriptor that call a static native. I'm curious about this: when would using a long cause problems? It seems to me that a native pointer will fit in a long on every platform. In your VM, do you need to use an actual GC-visible object as the file descriptor? Tom _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath