Mark Wielaard wrote: > Yes, but unfortunately that doesn't change the byte-code of the > ClassLoader class. static final primitive (and String) field > values are actually inlined into other classes. So you can replace > VMClassLoader all you want with a version the has VM_USE_CACHE set > to another value, that won't actually change the ClassLoader code > paths unless ClassLoader is also recompiled against this new value. > Really, try it out.
Trust me, I know all this ;-) > It is an annoying byte code optimization. It's Java's version of #define. > So for things that can be different at runtime like the VMClasses > you unfortunately cannot use static final fields of primitive types. As long as you build everything from source (with the replaced VM* classes) it works, but I must admit that I have no clue about how everyone builds the class library (personally, I don't use any of the build infrastructure that comes with GNU Classpath). Regards, Jeroen _______________________________________________ Classpath-patches mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath-patches
