Re: Moving system properties to gnu.classpath.*

[Archie Cobbs]

Jeroen Frijters wrote:
> I'm not sure yet. I think it would require VM support to make the
> gnu.classpath package special (e.g. in that it can only be accessed by
> code loaded by the bootstrap class loader).

If some kind of hack like this is required, I'd rather it not be
the VM's job to implement it. Instead, do it in classpath native code.
I don't think it's "right" to force all VMs to have such a hack when
it's not necessary.

For example, leave gnu.classpath non-public or whatever, then add
a package-access native method in java.lang.VMFoo that uses native
code to violate the normal access restrictions, allowing access to
gnu.classpath "remotely".

-Archie

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