Re: [Sablevm-developer] reflection update

[Grzegorz B. P. <ga...@de...>]

W li=B6cie z nie, 09-02-2003, godz. 08:36, David Paul BELANGER pisze:=20
> Hello,
>=20
> I have implemented:
> - several reflection methods
> - a basic Runtime.exec()
> - ProcessImpl that implements Process's abstract methods.
>=20
> I have fixed some bugs in some reflection functions that were already
> implemented.
>=20
> I was able to run:
> - jUnit that uses getMethods()
> - ant that uses getMethods() and that fork/exec to run Jikes
Terrific!
I was about to ask for the status.

> I am currently checking/cleaning up code.  Patches could be made
> available tomorrow or the day after.  The code is still *very*
> experimental.
I don't know how being experimental affects normal usage in this
case (stability, bugs etc.) but if it makes it possible to run
ANT with SableVM - I think we need it.

> Etienne,
> I would like to know what would be the best way to make these changes
> available.  Send a big patch to this list, put it on the web, wait for a
> development branch,...  Note that the new code is still under
> development and may change frequently.
We don't have sablevm-patches (and I am not sure that such list is
really needed now) so I'd propose:
1. If the diff isn't too big (say 20-40kb max) - you can attach it
to a mail to devel list
2. You can always put it somewhere on the web and give URL to it.
If the diff is subject to frequent changes - it can be good idea to
have date in the filename and (in the future) against what official
release it was created (or CVS date if you work on CVS version).

If the code is usable (it really runs ANT) - I'd like to see new
official release, maybe even this week, even if ANT support would be
marked "experimental".

Thank you for your work David

					Grzegorz B. Prokopski
--=20
Grzegorz B. Prokopski <ga...@de...>
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