John Keiser wrote:
> > How will GNU Classpath get the system properties, what is defined as
> > the variable 'properties' in java/lang/System.java at the moment?
> >
>
> We should determine VM-independent things via a static initializer. This
> should be native, as most of the properties are platform-dependent. Some of
> those things *must* be determined at runtime, and others must be done at
> compile-time (i.e. there is no way to determine them except if you just know
> it beforehand, like the path separator (: on Win, ; on Unix).
Why do we need a native method? Just put them in a file and let the static
initializer read them in using java.util.Properties.load(). The VM can then
call a special method to add properties to the list for -D things, or it
could be part of the gnu.vm or whatever we are doing these days. Or am I
missing something?
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