Re: please update the gcj main page

["John M. Gabriele" <john_sips_tea@yahoo.com>]

--- Ranjit Mathew <rmathew@gmail.com> wrote:

> John M. Gabriele wrote:
> > Please update http://gcc.gnu.org/java/index.html and mention
> > how much of the Java 1.5 spec that GCJ currently implements.
> > 
> > When I refer folks to GCJ, the first thing they usually ask is,
> > "does it support generics?" "autoboxing?" and so on. That info
> > should be right up on the GCJ front page -- even if GCJ doesn't
> > support those newer features. *Especially* if GCJ doesn't
> > support those newer features.
> 
> GCJ doesn't yet support any of the new 1.5 features.

Hi Ranjit. Thanks for the reply. I hope I didn't sound confrontational --
I just realized I forgot to put any smilies into my original message. :)

> Tom Tromey is developing "gcjx", a complete rewrite
> of the GCJ compiler front-end, that would support
> the 1.5 features in addition to being easier to maintain,
> etc. You can check it out for yourself using the "gcjx-branch"
> branch of the GCC CVS repository:
> 
>   http://gcc.gnu.org/cvs.html

Nice. Thanks for the link. It would be great to have that
information right on the gcj front page. How can we go
about adding it?

> As for your suggestion, I believe the correct place would
> be "2.8 What features of the Java language are/aren't supported?"
> in the FAQ:
> 
>   http://gcc.gnu.org/java/faq.html#2_8

Ah. Some expansion of that faq item would be useful (re. 1.4 vs 1.5).
Following the link to the JLS page, I see that they are still pointing users
to what looks to me like the Java 1.4 spec (I browsed the online html version's
index, and there's no mention of generics or autoboxing), though a new
version of that JLS book seems to be coming out last month. :)

Also note that the "table of contents" at the top of the GCJ faq page has
a typo: s/arn't/aren't/.

> in addition to the front-page (if so desired).

Yes. How do we go about it? :)

Thanks,
---John

> Ranjit.
> 
> -- 
> Ranjit Mathew       Email: rmathew AT gmail DOT com
> 
> Bangalore, INDIA.     Web: http://ranjitmathew.hostingzero.com/
> 



		
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