Code review request for 6998871 "Support making the Throwable.stackTrace field immutable"

[Dmytro Sheyko]

Just wonder what is the purpose of dummy parameter in native fillInStackTrace method. Couldn't we simply rename it (e.g. to fillInStackTrace0)

> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 23:29:02 -0700
> From: joe.darcy at oracle.com
> To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Code review request for 6998871 "Support making the	Throwable.stackTrace field immutable"
> 
> Hello.
> 
> Returning to some earlier work, I've developed a proposed fix for
> 
>     6998871 "Support making the Throwable.stackTrace field immutable"
>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~darcy/6998871.2/
> 
> One constructor of Throwable now takes an additional boolean argument to 
> make the stack trace information immutable.  Analogous constructors are 
> added to Exception, RuntimeException, and Error.
> 
> Mandy and David have already reviewed the change; I'm interested in 
> getting additional feedback on the design of the API.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -Joe