Re: The problem of core classes for Java compilers (Was: Bug#44462: jikes: jikes does not find core classes
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> Any suggestion on the best way to solve the problem?
>
> 1) Follows Mike's suggestion, which would need to change the policy, to change the VM a bit and to find a way to deal with the conflict mentioned above.
>
> 2) Make a package of core classes (may be from kaffe's Klasses.jar) and let jikes depend on it. If this package comes from kaffe's classes, the best thing would be to have kaffe sources build two packages.
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> 3) Integrate core classes (may be from kaffe or from GNU's classpath) into jikes. It would mean incorporating it upstream.
Alternative 2 appeals to my reasoning.
#1 will play havoc with folks installing two compilers, and #3 means that
the class developers and jikes developers have to be kept in synch (which
is likely to be a hard problem).
-S
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