[m-dev.] the compiler can't bootstrap in Java

[Peter Wang]

On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 00:32:57 +1000 "Zoltan Somogyi" <zoltan.somogyi at runbox.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't use the JVM myself, so I am asking you: would using
> the total number of lval and rval nodes in a global variable's initializer,
> as well as in the scalar or array element lvals they are assigned to,
> work sufficiently well as a metric? We would add new definitions
> to a chunk as long at the total of this metric is below a limit;
> when it would exceed that limit, we start a new chunk.
> 

I have no idea, the only time I deal with Java is to maintain the Java
backend. A quick and dirty fix seems enough for this.

> I also note that noone has responded to the part of my initial email
> about testing the Java grade in rotation with the C# grade. I hope
> I am not being a PHB when I say that it seems to be both worthwhile,
> and reasonably simple to arrange.

I'll try to look at it next week, but the reason bootchecking of the
java grade was disabled last time due to lack of RAM.

Peter