Comments on the module-file format

[Mark Reinhold]

> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:03:00 -0800
> From: jonathan.gibbons at sun.com

> Mike Duigou wrote:
>> Perhaps just a stylistic point but I don't really understand the predominance
>> of unsigned types in the file format. ...
> 
> I think the spec is just following the long-established precedent of the JVMS.
> For example, see the spec for the class file format here:
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jvms/second_edition/html/ClassFile.doc.html

Yes, that's right.  The implementation will initially -- and likely
forever -- reject values with a non-zero high bit.

- Mark