RE: [cp-patches] RFC: Class Loader patch to record class withinitiating class loader

[Jeroen Frijters]

Archie Cobbs wrote:
> For what it's worth, JCVM maintains its own intiated types and
> defined types tables internally, so this patch does not make life
> better (or worse). I would have to disable this code.

This raises the question, how many VMs are actually using the
loadedClasses hashtable in ClassLoader?

We know these aren't: JCVM, JamVM, gcj, IKVM

It looks like JikesRVM is using it, others I don't know.

Maybe we're better off leaving this up to the VM implementers?

Regards,
Jeroen