Re: [xmlvm-dev] C backend and library

[Paul P. <bay...@gm...>]

I have committed the change to sort the vtable entries.

Paul

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Arno Puder <ar...@pu...> wrote:

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> On Jun 10, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Paul Poley <bay...@gm...> wrote:
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> You can use rsync easily via Unix or on a Mac & with a little extra work in
> Windows via Cygwin.
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> Hopefully we can integrate a similar behavior into the XMLVM pipeline.
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> The 2 obstacles:
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>    1. The vtable entries are randomly ordered, so the files change
>    unnecessarily causing recompile.  I just changed the
>    VtableOutputProcess.java to order alphabetically & the problem solved.
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> Can you please commit this to the HEAD? This would also be useful to make
> gen-c-wrapper deterministic.
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>    1. Adding/removing String constants causes the index number to change
>    in other files, causing the other files to recompile unnecessarily.  Would
>    that be easy to lock down index numbers in API classes?  I.e. give them the
>    first numbers?
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> Good question. I had forgotten about the constant pool. Perhaps a similar
> approach to what Markus suggested for the itables. I'll give it some
> thought.
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> Arno
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