JDK-8217735: Q: Should jint be jboolean ?

[Andrew Leonard]

Hi,

This bug raised a missmatch between the Java and JNI definition for a 
native method, where Java specifies "boolean" and the JNI jint. Which is 
right, should they match?
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8217735
One part of the JVM spec that confuses me a bit is:
2.3.4 The boolean Type
Although the Java Virtual Machine defines a boolean type, 
it only provides very limited support for it. 
There are no Java Virtual Machine instructions solely dedicated
to operations on boolean values. Instead, expressions in the Java 
programming language that operate on boolean values are 
compiled to use values of the Java Virtual Machine int data type.

Thanks
Andrew

Andrew Leonard
Java Runtimes Development
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