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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31708 [patch] better support gcj compilation ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-10-13 19:40 ------- Do you think this is a bug in the OS X linker? Can other linkers handle symbols named delete$? If it's not a linker bug, then it's a GCJ bug, no? Java and C++ have different reserved words, and GCJ needs a mechanism to escape these when they conflict. If adding dollar sign breaks the linker then perhaps GCJ should do this some other way. I'm not saying that we should or shouldn't integrate this patch, rather that we should consider the patch a workaround for a bug with GCJ and/or the OS-X linker. Since it's an API change it's a workaround that we may never undo. Still we should use it as an opportunity to improve GCJ (or OS X) so that the next time someone reasonably names a method 'delete' in Java they don't prohibit themselves from using GCJ (or GCJ on OS X). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
