Etienne Gagnon writes: > On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 11:42:08AM +0100, Andrew Haley wrote: > > > Platform = Machine + OS. I don't have any reference, but I believe that > > > Etienne is right in saying that the same library should be usuable with > > > all JVMs on a specific platform. > > > > But it's not necessarily possible. Clearly it's desirable, no > > argument there. > > The JNI specification says otherwise.
No, it doesn't. It says that it's a goal. > > > All the Java code would ever see are RawData references, but the JNI > > > layer knows that all RawData references are actually 32 or 64 bit (or > > > whatever that platform requires). > > > > This seems to be identical to my proposal. > > > > I no longer understand what we're arguing about... > > Why don't you show me the native couterpart of your proposal? I've > been asking for it for some time, now, so that we can comment on it. > If it's better than my proposal, fine, but I need to actually see it > to make my mind about it. > > I've been showing code specifically so that we discuss about > *concrete* things. Okay. Since there's been so much confusion I agree that's a good idea. Andrew. _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath