class initialisation

[Per Bothner]

> With interpreting/dynamic compilation, this occurs naturally (assuming the
> VM is correctly implemented).  With static translation to host code, how
> does this translation ensure the ordering dependencies for <clinit>'s are
> honoured?

The compiler and run-time call _Jv_InitClass in appropriate places.

Specifically, each non-private static method calls the library routine
_Jv_InitClass before it does naything else.  Each "new" also
calls _Jv_InitClass.  And the compiler inserts a call to _Jv_InitClass
before a reference to a static field (unless the referenced class
is the current class or one of its superclasses).

If you think about it, I believe you will agree that handles the
required semantics.

	--Per Bothner
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