banging my head against the wall.... _GLOBAL__I__*?

[Bryce McKinlay]

Per Bothner wrote:

>> What I really can't figure out is why any part of AbstractList.java
>> needs to be invoked when the binary is loaded. What if you never
>> instantiate an AbstractList or any of its subclasses?
>
>
> You still need to register the class in case of a Class.forName.


Class.forName() is more or less incompatible with static linking.

regards

Bryce.