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authorBryce McKinlay <bryce@gcc.gnu.org>2000-02-15 09:35:51 +0000
committerBryce McKinlay <bryce@gcc.gnu.org>2000-02-15 09:35:51 +0000
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Updated the NEWS
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ New in libgcj X.XX:
is not found in the application binary or linked shared libraries, the
class loader will search for a bytecode version in the CLASSPATH and execute
it using the interpreter. A new front end that behaves like the traditional
-`java' command is provided: `gij'.
+`java' command is also provided: `gij'.
* Support for specifying java system properties. Properties can either be set
at runtime via the GCJ_PROPERTIES environment variable in the format
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ at runtime via the GCJ_PROPERTIES environment variable in the format
-D<name>=<value>.
* Support for setjmp/longjmp (sjlj) exception handling has been added, as an
-alternative to the existing range-table based mechanism. sljl is the default
+alternative to the existing range-table based mechanism. sjlj is the default
on non-sparc, non-x86 targets, or can be specified with the
`--enable-sjlj-exceptions' configure parameter.
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ on non-sparc, non-x86 targets, or can be specified with the
* Throwable.printStackTrace() has been implemented.
-* Runtime.loadLibrary() has been implemented. In addition, Class.forName()
-will try to load a series of shared objects in order to find the requested
-class. If a class `gnu.quux.whatever' is requested, libgcj will first look
-for `gnu-quux-whatever.so', then `gnu-quux.so', and finally `gnu.so'.
+* Runtime.loadLibrary() has been implemented.
+
+* Class.forName() will now try to load a series of shared objects in order
+to find the requested class. If a class `gnu.quux.whatever' is requested,
+libgcj will search the system shared library path (eg LD_LIBRARY_PATH) for
+`gnu-quux-whatever.so', then `gnu-quux.so', and finally `gnu.so'.
* A pure-java implementation of java.math.BigInteger.