Java: indirect virtual dispatch for binary compatibility

Tue Dec 11 12:10:00 GMT 2001

Brian Jones wrote:
>>From my very basic understanding, this work also seems to make it more
>likely that in the future one might be able to replace the class
>libraries at run time, though I realize that is not a current goal.
>
Sure - my goal for now is to permit replacement/upgrade of libgcj.so at 
runtime without breaking existing binaries, but it also makes it more 
conceivable that we could eventually split libgcj.so into the core 
runtime and a separate "libclasspath.so".
regards
Bryce.