Re: Compiling native resources

[Jeff Sturm <jsturm at sigma6 dot com>]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> Jeff> When compiling to native code with gcj, I can still load
> Jeff> resources from the classpath.  But they are separate from the
> Jeff> executable.  What is the feasability of including these
> Jeff> resources in the executable, perhaps as an ELF segment, so that:
> 
> You could also compile the resource into a class which you then
> compile with gcj.

That might work well for small resources.  Currently gcj array
initialization incurs some overhead at runtime.

> This has been discussed before on this list.  I think the consensus is
> that it is not only possible but also desriable.

OK, found it:

http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/java-discuss/1999-q3/msg00318.html

That discussion is in context of property files, which is a reasonable
thing to compile into a class.

It's somehing to add to projects.html, I guess...

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Jeff Sturm
jsturm@sigma6.com