On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 11:04, Robert Lougher wrote: > Hi Sascha, > > Yes, I know :) I couldn't decide whether it was a good idea to slavishly > follow Sun's options or not. The -X (as you're obviously aware) means > "non-standard options", and includes -Xms and -Xmx which I also do not have > an X in front of (as used to be in JDK 1.1.x). Also, on Sun's VM, > -classpath is specified as -classpath xxx:yyy whereas -Xbootclasspath is > -Xbootclasspath:xxx:yyy which is (in my mind anyway) confusing. On JamVM > it's -bootclasspath xxx:yyy (added in 1.1.1), so I'd have had to change that > as well. > > CC'ing to the mailing list, as I'm interested in other people's opinions on > this! >
I'd prefer that JamVM slavishly follow the options provided by Sun's latest released java command. There may be many scripts and tools that assume e.g. the -Xbootclasspath:xxx:yyy syntax. I think drop-in compatibility is more important than a self-consistent set of command-line options. Tom _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
