"Mikhail Fursov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 10/20/06, Slava Shakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I think a generic encoding interface exposed by a component could return >> for >> a given helper a mask of affected registers, description of input and >> return >> parameters, and should not produce any other side effects including VM >> calls >> or exception throwing. BTW implementing a similar description mechanism >> for >> traditional VM helpers will also help modularity. Instead of helpers, we >> could think about extensible magics framework where magics are >> expanded/encoded by responsible components. > > > Slava, > The functionality you described could be reasonable for very low-level and > platform+OS specific magics only like TLS access. > The unboxed Java magics IMO are much more flexible because they are > converted to the HIR by JIT translator.
Yes, sure. > > -- > Mikhail Fursov > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
