Thanks. Got it. > Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 18:03:42 +1000 > From: david.hol...@oracle.com > To: dmytro_she...@hotmail.com > CC: joe.da...@oracle.com; core-libs-dev@openjdk.java.net > Subject: Re: Code review request for 6998871 "Support making the > Throwable.stackTrace field immutable" > > Dmytro Sheyko said the following on 04/07/11 17:50: > > Just wonder what is the purpose of dummy parameter in native > > fillInStackTrace method. Couldn't we simply rename it (e.g. to > > fillInStackTrace0) > > Using an overload instead of renaming the native method was initially > done to avoid having to make changes to the stacktrace filtering code in > the VM. It turns out that we need to make a change anyway, but it is > easier if we stick with the one name for the method to be filtered out. > > This isn't set in concrete though. > > David
