Re: [cp-patches] RFC: Class Loader patch to record class with initiating class loader

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Jeroen" == Jeroen Frijters <address@hidden> writes:

Jeroen> While digging around the class loading issues, I discovered that we
Jeroen> didn't record a class with the "initiating loader" [1]. This is
Jeroen> necessary to maintain type safety in the face of buggy or malicious
Jeroen> class loaders (or even when the contents of the directories in the
Jeroen> classpath change).

Jeroen> Please comment.

We have some similar tweaks in the libgcj ClassLoader.
And a while back I change our internals to register initiating
loaders by adding classes to the loadedClasses map.
So, I think this is a good idea.

Great work on the mauve test btw.

Tom