Am 31.08.2012 02:39, schrieb John Rose:
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> Suppose you are compiling your favorite high-level language to the
> JVM, and you start running into the various size limits in class
> files. (Usually they come from the 16-bit indexes in various
> places.) What do you do, dear? (H/T to Maurice Se
Am 31.08.2012 01:22, schrieb John Rose:
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to sum it up... JVMS 4.2.2 says it is not allowed, JVMS 4.4.6 kind of
allows it... the discussion in 4.10.1.4 says usages of and
are not typesafe ...
> So if you want your code to pass the verifier, avoid (and ).
ok, so it is the name after all,
An interesting idea! Comments below.
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 7:39 PM, John Rose wrote:
> I have been looking for a "killer application" for tail calls on the JVM.
> Doug's example may turn out to one. Here's another candidate: Overcoming
> class file size limits.
>
> Suppose you are compilin