[kaffe] Re: Patch: RMI UnicastRemoteCall (libgcj/10886)

[Dalibor Topic]

--- Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point.com> writes:
> 
> Jeff> The problem seems to appear when marshalling the return value of
> Jeff> certain void remote methods over the 1.1 wire protocol.  I don't
> Jeff> know if this is exactly the right thing to do, but it does solve
> Jeff> the test case.
> 
> Probably no one here knows.  The RMI code is basically a straight
> import from Transvirtual.
> 
> Given that this fixes the test case, I think that makes it ok to go
> in.  Can you get it into Classpath at the same time?
> 
> Probably we should contact the kaffe guys to see if they have any RMI
> improvements.

I don't think kaffe's RMI code has seen any major updates since october 1999,
except from the ocassional pedantic compiler warning fix from me. AFAIK, GNU
Classpath's RMI (which I belive came from Transvirtual, originally)
implementation has seen some effort by the ORP hackers. 

So my course of action for kaffe will be to look in your (i.e. Classpath's)
direction, and see what can be merged in eventually.

BTW, is anyone here aware of an RMI test suite?

cheers,
dalibor topic

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