Tom Tromey wrote: > Bryce> Could JAPI scan for FIXME's as well? These could be flagged as > Bryce> partial/known buggy method implementations. > > Nope, japi scans .class files. Hence the (clever :-) hack of a > 'throws' clause. > > I'm not overly concerned about our ability to find FIXME comments -- > grep or eclipse do this adequately. Also most of these comments > indicate something a lot less drastic than an unimplemented method. > True enough. Presumably, the Classpath coding style or Hacker guide will be updated to mention using the UnimplementedMethodException for stubs. I think it should also mention that FIXME comments should be used to flag things that are known to be incomplete or buggy. Often, I see XXX or other markers used instead. This makes it more difficult to find them with grep and such. Bryce
