jvm.h (_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType): More commentary from Alex.

* include/jvm.h (_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType): More commentary from Alex. From-SVN: r32894

jvm.h (_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType): More commentary from Alex.
* include/jvm.h (_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType): More commentary from Alex. From-SVN: r32894
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Commit 6719cc92 authored Apr 03, 2000 by Tom Tromey Committed by Tom Tromey Apr 03, 2000
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 2000-04-03  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>

+	* include/jvm.h (_Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType): More
+	commentary from Alex.
+
 	* Makefile.in: Rebuilt.
 	* Makefile.am ($(javao_files)): Depend on libgcj.zip.
 	From H.J. Lu.

--- a/libjava/include/jvm.h
+++ b/libjava/include/jvm.h
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ _Jv_HashCode (jobject obj)
 // Return a raw pointer to the elements of an array given the array
 // and its element type.  You might think we could just pick a single
 // array type and use elements() on it, but we can't because we must
-// account for alignment of the element type.
+// account for alignment of the element type.  When ARRAY is null, we
+// obtain the number of bytes taken by the base part of the array.
 inline char *
 _Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType (jobject array,
 				    jclass element_type)