Unloading classes

Mon Nov 4 09:00:00 GMT 2002

On 4 Nov 2002, Tom Tromey wrote:
>> Jeff> Possibly the easiest thing is to not _Jv_RegisterClass
> Jeff> interpreted classes at all. I hacked together the patch below
> Jeff> some time ago, but hadn't gotten around to submitting it because
> Jeff> I'm not convinced it doesn't break classloading in some subtle
> Jeff> way.
>> I haven't read the patch very closely, but I think this approach is
> the way to go. It solves the GC problem in a straightforward way.
> Also it opens the door to merging ClassLoader with Classpath.

Mostly I was unclear on exactly what initiated_classes is for, and whether
I could write a simple test for it.
Jeff