Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>>"Matt" == Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>>I don't understand this (sorry if I wasn't paying attention >>>earlier). If "extend" means defining public API's in those >>>packages, then Classpath doesn't purport to do that. The >>>java.lang.VMClass, etc. stuff are all internal API's not meant for >>>public consumption. > > > Matt> Wasn't one of the issues here the theoretical "What > Matt> happens when Sun defines a public VMClass class in > Matt> java.lang?" > > There's no bad (i.e., security violating) situation that can arise > from this. It is no different from Sun adding any other class that is > not yet implemented in Classpath.
There would be a namespace collision though (I'd guess the risk is small tho') -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK.
