GCJ's URLClassloader and 'core' protocol

Mon Jun 28 16:14:00 GMT 2004

Sal writes:
 > Andrew Haley wrote:
 > 
 > > > > You want to load statically compiled classes that are already linked
 > > > > into an executable, but into a different class loader context?
 > > > 
 > > > Yes, is this currently possible?
 > > 
 > > I doubt it. 
 > 
 > Are there any plans to implement it? Or will it get taken care of under 
 > the new ABI?
I've never thought about it, to tell you the truth. It would be
troublesome to use, because the linker automatcially discards
unreferenced classes when building an executable. You might as well
put stuff into a shared library.
Andrew.