Andrew Haley writes: > Michael Koch writes: > > > > > > Uh, I don't understand what you mean, sorry. Why is a Java reference > > > the same size as a native pointer? Perhaps I misunderstood you. > > > > AFAIK a java refernce is a pointer and this pointer can point > > everywhere. Right ? > > No, not at all. A java reference is simply a handle by which an > object may be found. It might well be a hash code, or a table index.
Or -- and this is by no means unlikely -- you might have a 32-bit addressable heap on a 64-bit system. This would be a pretty good implementation strategy on some systems. Andrew. _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
