Name: mf23781 Date: 06/18/98


Early June HotSpot Core source driver drop - portability issue.

In the source file src\share\vm\memory\allocation.hpp & cpp the
definition of the method print_on() which overrides a virtual
function in super class is not declared to be a 'const' method
while it is in the super class. Because the definitions do not
match exactly this results in the local print_on method hiding
rather than overriding the virtaul print_on method in the super
class.

Since it seems likely that the local print_on method should be
a 'const' we changed the definition to match the virtaul method
definition and the compiler warning stopped.

In version 1.28 98/05/26 16:03:46 of allocation.hpp we replaced line #67:

  virtual void print_on(outputStream* st);

with this:

  virtual void print_on(outputStream* st) const;

and made a corresponding change in version 1.16 98/05/12 13:48:29
of allocation.cpp at line #80


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