Re: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-21 Thread Roman Kennke
Hi there again, What about this pending patch? I didn't quite understand the discussion around it. IMO the file handling is very platform dependend and while we could handle this generically, I find this path very inconvenient, as it clutters the code, where it could be easy, and it certainly

RE: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-21 Thread Jeroen Frijters
Roman Kennke wrote: What about this pending patch? I certainly would like to see it go. Regards, Jeroen

Re: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-21 Thread Roman Kennke
Hi, Jeroen Frijters schrieb: Roman Kennke wrote: What about this pending patch? I certainly would like to see it go. Ok. Dalibor also expressed that he'd like to see it in. So here it goes. 2006-08-21 Roman Kennke [EMAIL PROTECTED] * java/io/File.java (getAbsolutePath):

Re: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-21 Thread Casey Marshall
Roman Kennke wrote: Hi there again, What about this pending patch? I didn't quite understand the discussion around it. IMO the file handling is very platform dependend and while we could handle this generically, I find this path very inconvenient, as it clutters the code, where it could be

RE: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-16 Thread Jeroen Frijters
Casey Marshall wrote: Tom Tromey wrote: It seems to me that this is an area we haven't handled very well: this isn't really a VM thing per se -- the code could very well be written in pure java -- but rather a platform thing. I agree that adding special cases in File just makes the

Re: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-16 Thread Casey Marshall
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeroen Frijters wrote: Casey Marshall wrote: Tom Tromey wrote: It seems to me that this is an area we haven't handled very well: this isn't really a VM thing per se -- the code could very well be written in pure java -- but rather a platform

RE: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-16 Thread Jeroen Frijters
Hi Casey, I just about exploded when I read the first part of your message ;-) But at the end of your message I discovered that we completely misunderstood each other and that we agree much more than we disagree. With that in mind, here are my responses including to the parts that I initially

Re: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-16 Thread Casey Marshall
Jeroen Frijters wrote: Hi Casey, I just about exploded when I read the first part of your message ;-) But at the end of your message I discovered that we completely misunderstood each other and that we agree much more than we disagree. Yeah, in the end we probably do agree more than we

Re: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-15 Thread Roman Kennke
Hi again, we are having problems here with java.io.File on Windows CE. Which handles files different again than other Windows and of course different than Unix. I could have hacked some more special casing in there. But I'd like to propose to pull some more methods into VMFile. See ChangeLog

RE: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-15 Thread Jeroen Frijters
Hi Roman, The attached patch file is empty. Regards, Jeroen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roman Kennke Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 17:31 To: Roman Kennke Cc: classpath-patches@gnu.org Subject: Re: [cp-patches] RFC: File

RE: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-15 Thread Jeroen Frijters
Roman Kennke wrote: Jeroen Frijters schrieb: Hi Roman, The attached patch file is empty. Ugh. My bad. Here it is. Thanks. Looks like a good change to me. Regards, Jeroen

Re: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-15 Thread Tom Tromey
Roman == Roman Kennke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Roman we are having problems here with java.io.File on Windows CE. Which Roman handles files different again than other Windows and of course Roman different than Unix. [...] Roman Maybe we should get rid of all the special casing anyway and

Re: [cp-patches] RFC: File/VMFile improvement

2006-08-15 Thread Casey Marshall
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Tromey wrote: Roman == Roman Kennke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Roman we are having problems here with java.io.File on Windows CE. Which Roman handles files different again than other Windows and of course Roman different than Unix. [...]