Re: java/4352: jc1 gets confused looking for array of local class

[Alexandre Petit-Bianco <apbianco@cygnus.com>]

The following reply was made to PR java/4352; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alexandre Petit-Bianco <apbianco@cygnus.com>
To: per@bothner.com
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, rhug-rhats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: java/4352: jc1 gets confused looking for array of local class
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:40:47 -0700 (PDT)

 per@bothner.com writes:
 
 > While building Tomcat (using Anthony Green's rhug packaging), jc1
 > complains incorrectly
 
 I can't reproduce this particular problem.
 
 > class_type that is:
 > 
 >  <pointer_type 0x4031fdec org.apache.tomcat.util.xml.XmlMapper$Rule[] VOID
 >     align 16 symtab 0 alias set -1>
 
 I see this case being handled, although incorrectly, I agree.
 
 > I think we should be consistent in that the name of a type is the
 > source-lvele name not the signature, whether the class comes from
 > .java or .class.
 
 Yes. Using terminating []s is fine. But then I'd have to change some
 other things. So, I suggest that you keep using your patch for the
 time being (and other rhug-rhats should probably do so.) Meanwhile,
 I'll work on a fix, it shouldn't take too long.
 
 ./A